As a result of his courageous work on behalf of human rights and his imprisonment for those activities. Anatoly Shcharansky has become a symbol of the spirit of the Jewish community in the Soviet Union. Prior to his arrest in 1977. he had become the unofficial spokesman of the Jewish emigration movement through his activities as a member of the Moscow Helsinki Monitoring Group. He is now deemed a criminal by Soviet authorities simply because of his longing to leave the Soviet Union. Shcharanskys harsh treatment at the hands of his jailers reflects the hardship of his fellow Jews in the Soviet Union.
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