<<No 18 : 5 March 1971>> On 5-6 January 1971 the Leningrad Military Tribunal heard the case of Vulf Zalmanson (b. 1939), a member of the armed forces, who was arrested together with the eleven persons already convicted in the "aeroplane" case [CCE 17.6]. The trial was held in camera. The father and brother of … Continue reading Jewish Movement for Emigration to Israel, March 1970 (18.6)
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Persecution of Jews Wishing to Emigrate to Israel, December 1970 (17.8)
<<No 17 : 31 December 1970>> (based on material from the "Chronicle" section of Exodus [1]) The Shmurak case On 28 September 1970 Semyon Shulimovich Shmurak, a resident of Kiev, was sentenced to fifteen days for "petty hooliganism". On 26 September he submitted an application to OVIR, requesting permission to emigrate to Israel. In the … Continue reading Persecution of Jews Wishing to Emigrate to Israel, December 1970 (17.8)