In the United States. Ida Nudels actions would have made her a concerned citizen. in the Soviet Union. they made her a criminala "malicious hooligan" in the surreal "Newspeak" of totalitarianism. Her crimes were asking for a visa to emigrate to Israel and acting as friend. supporter. and guardian angel to Jewish activists and other prisoners of conscience who have suffered in Soviet captivity. When Ida Nudel put a banner outside her window asking for a visa. the Soviet Governmentruler of the worlds largest nation and commander of powerful weaponssaw itself threatened. Arrested in June 1978. Ida Nudel was in short order tried. convicted. and sentenced to Siberia4 years of "internal exile." Despite the inhuman conditions suffered by prisoners and exiles in Siberiato which the writings of Alexandr Solzhenitsyn serve as eloquent testimonyIda Nudel continues her struggle for freedom.
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