Over five years until its demise the Chronicle recorded the release of one hundred of the 275 prisoners and exiles named in the August 1977 Relief Fund List (CCE 46.23-2). A total of 66 were freed in 1978 and 1979 alone. Close examination reveals just how arbitrary this process was. The Chronicle also noted the … Continue reading Captivity and Release, 1977-1982
Category: Plane hijacking
New information: the “Aeroplane” Trial, Oct 1972 (27.9)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> At the Leningrad aeroplane trial in December 1970 (CCE 17.6-1) defendant Josif M. Mendelevich was charged, amongst other things, with having written the articles “On Assimilation'’ and “The Jews Are Ceasing to be Silent” and defendant Leib G. Khnokh, with possessing an appeal “of anti-Soviet content” entitled “Your Native … Continue reading New information: the “Aeroplane” Trial, Oct 1972 (27.9)
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