Mr. Speaker. the release this past February of Anatoly Shcharansky after a decade in the Soviet gulag represented one of those rare moments when the hearts of men and women everywhere sang in unison. Both Jew and nonJew alike were moved by the liberation of a man whose indomitable spirit could not be crushed by a regime which used all forms of physical and psychological abuse in order to sap his will and shatter his dream of one day emigrating to Israel. For the last 10 years. all those concerned with the plight of Soviet Jewry and with human rights have marveled at the ability of this remarkable individual to withstand the harassment. exile. and torture of the Soviet system with a sense of dignity and a sense of humor. Many of us have often wondered how he was able to do this.
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