Abe himself was expelled from the Moscow School of Arts and made to work as a hard laborer. In 1941. he joined the Russian army. serving on the front line until the end of the war. Abe survived the war. and Eva survived the Holocaust. she managed to emigrate to Israel some years later. In 1974. Abe. his wife Gitta. and their son Mikhail were granted visas to join Eva in Israel. In order to leave. they were required to sell their apartment. relinquish Soviet citizenship and pack all of their belongings off to Israel. One year later. with only a few small suitcases. they were prevented from boarding a plane. On June 19. 1975. they were told that Gittas visa was not in order. the family was prohibited from leaving because of a fabricated claim that she had had access to secret information at the time of her retirement 2 years before. Twelve days later. they were informed that they could not leave the Soviet Union for 2 years on grounds of "security." Even though their pensions were reinstated by the Soviet Government. Abe and Gitta refused to take up their Soviet citizenship again.
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