Nevertheless. as she became more outspoken about the inequitable treatment endured by many of her fellow citizens. Soviet authorities responded with irrational and severe pressureeventually leading to her arrest in 1978. Ida was allegedly charged with "malicious hooliganism" for displaying a banner on the balcony of her Moscow apartment which read. "KGB Give Me My Visa." At her trial. Ida delivered the following statement which gives eloquent testimony to the ordeal she had endured for so many years: I am standing trial for all the past 7 years during which I have learned to walk proudly with my head held high as a human being and as a Jewish woman. and every time I was able to help another victim my heart filled with an extraordinary feeling unlike any other. Perhaps the closest such feeling is that which a woman feels when giving new life.