We met countless men and women dismissed from highlevel positions as academicians. scientists and engineers. now working as elevator operators and charwomen. We met cancer patients who want treatment abroad. or just to live their remaining days in Israel. We met many refuseniks who first applied for emigration 15 and 20 years ago and who doggedly apply again every six months. Many began applying in 1979 when Soviet policy appeared favorable to their emigration to Israel. The Soviet government then shut the doors abruptly. leaving many Jews behind after their families already had reached Israel. Together. they represent an aggregate of human anguish and despair to stun the imagination.
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