The Voice of Silence : The Story of the Jewish Underground in the USSR
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The USSR, 1980, the detente era has ended with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. As always during times of confrontation, the KGB is granted extra powers. Could there be a less auspicious time to start a new underground project? But a handful of Jewish activists do exactly that, trying to revive Jewish national life by teaching Hebrew and Judaism across the giant expanse of the Soviet Union.
As time goes by, the KGB begins discovering traces of the secret project. The pressure and intimidation mount. Finally, the project leader is arrested. The KGB threatens to stage a show trial to intimidate everyone else in the project. If they have their way, the leader faces long years of imprisonment and exile.
As a last resort, the project leader declares an open-ended hunger strike. He's thrown into a punishment cell. Supporters throughout the world rally to pressure the Soviet government to release him. A race against time begins...
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As time goes by, the KGB begins discovering traces of the secret project. The pressure and intimidation mount. Finally, the project leader is arrested. The KGB threatens to stage a show trial to intimidate everyone else in the project. If they have their way, the leader faces long years of imprisonment and exile.
As a last resort, the project leader declares an open-ended hunger strike. He's thrown into a punishment cell. Supporters throughout the world rally to pressure the Soviet government to release him. A race against time begins...
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Product details
- Paperback | 286 pages
- 155 x 234 x 15.24mm | 403.7g
- 28 Oct 2021
- Academic Studies Press
- Brighton, United States
- English
- 164469591X
- 9781644695913
- 1,591,122
About Ephraim (Alexander) Kholmyansky
Ephraim Kholmyansky was born in Moscow in 1950. He is a Jewish activist and was a Prisoner of Zion in the USSR. In Israel Ephraim worked in the Ministry of Education, was an emissary of the Jewish Agency, and filled a number of senior positions at Givot Olam Oil Exploration and start-up companies.
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