Author - activist of Kishinev's Refusal, Prisoner of Zion. Appeared in the Soviet press as the "black sheep", "agent provocateur", "uncrowned king of failure" and "saboteur on a leash" ...
Leave the USSR sought to seven years, including three years spent in the camp. In 1981, the year of with friends on the failure of organized protest in Chisinau. After which Osika Lokshin and Vladimir Zukerman and sent to the zone.
Returning from prison, he continued to seek repatriation. Over the years has accumulated a unique archive. For example, managed to document the details of his recruitment kegebeshnikom. And the preservation of documentary story about how the jailers had to retreat to the area in front of a stubborn man with a pen. click to enlarge
Osik went to Israel in 1987, at the dawn of Gorbachev's perestroika. He managed to save and take out part of your records. The book consists almost entirely of documents refusal - personal letters and official statements, police reports, official response to the complaint, the prison correspondence - uncensored and seized censor, court records, judgment, interviews and newspaper articles.
Out of all this scribbling develops coherent and entertaining story. How Jewish refusenik seven years fighting the apparatus of power. And his weapon - a pen, the Soviet law and ... "The effect of the New York Times." And the ability to keep a sense of humor. "... Each of us pursued personal goal - to leave. Ensuring implementation of the Law for us, we increased the overall level of legitimacy in the Soviet society. What, of course, to strengthen the state.
But our opponents grossly violated the rights of citizens, and so bring down the government. The fact that ten years later the Soviet Union collapsed the same, of course, confirms my theory - for their ability to pull down were much more powerful than our ability to strengthen ... "
Author's comments reflect his current look at the events of the past and often highlight them in unexpected angle.
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