<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> On 6 February 1972 fourteen Jews addressed a letter to US President Nixon. Bearing in mind his impending visit to Moscow, they asked him to use his good offices to obtain permission to emigrate to Israel for Esther Markish, the 60-year-old widow of the well-known poet Perets Markish, who … Continue reading Jewish Movement to Move to Israel, March 1972 (24.8)
Category: Protests
Religious Persecution in Lithuania, March 1972 (24.6)
<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> The Chronicle is in possession of the complete text of the final address by the priest Juozas Zdebskis at his trial on 11 November 1971 (CCE 22.8 [5], CCE 23.8), which the Judge did not allow him to deliver. * On 30 November 1971, 134 priests from the Panevezys … Continue reading Religious Persecution in Lithuania, March 1972 (24.6)