Dr. Viktor Brailovsky. On the eve of the Madrid Conference. the Soviet Union jailed Dr. Brailovsky. a prominent scientist and leader of the Soviet Jewry emigration movement. While Dr. Brailovsky was ostensibly arrested for "slandering the Soviet State." in actuality. his true crime was simply his wish to live in freedom in Israel. A noted cyberneticist. Dr. Brailovsky lost his job and faced continual harassment and frequent arrests by Soviet officials from the moment in 1972 that he first made clear his desire to emigrate to Israel. Although stripped of his professional status. Dr. Brailovsky refused to allow Soviet suppression to interfere with his dedication to science and his intellectual fervor.
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