Mr. Speaker. today we focus our attention and that of the people of the world on the plight of a courageous individual who is seeking her freedom and basic human rights. Ida Nudel has come to personify the suffering of all who are trying to emigrate from the Soviet Union to join family abroad. For 11 years Ida Nudel has sought to emigrate to Israel. After her application was refused. she worked untiringly to assist other refuseniks with food. medicines. and encouragement. For her efforts over a 7year period. she became known as the "Guardian Angel of the Prisoners of Conscience." She was also harassed by the Soviet authorities and finally arrested in 1978 and sentenced to 4 years internal exile in remote Siberia for "malicious hooliganism." Ida Nudel survived her 4 arduous years in exile and this past March returned to Moscow.
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