Shcharansky: Hero Of Our Time - Hardcover

Gilbert, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333395042 ISBN 13: 9780333395042

Publisher: Macmillan & Co, 1986

Synopsis

In July 1978 Anatoly Shcharansky was accused of treason and sentenced by a Moscow court to thirteen years in prison and labour camp. Aged thirty at the time of his trial, his real 'crime', in Soviet eyes, was that he had fought for more than three years for his right, and the right of his fellow Russian Jews, to live in Israel. Based on contemporary documents, eye-witness testimony and Shcharansky's own letter from prison, Martin Gilbert's book relates Shcharansky's activities before his arrest, gives a detailed account of his interrogation and trial, and follows his courageous struggle in prison and labour camp to maintain his morale, despite illness and privation. In the isolation of his cell, Shcharansky never forgot his Avital, nor Jerusalem. Shcharansky's story is that of a brave human being, a devoted Jew, and a lover of freedom. Released in February 1986, his first words were: 'I am not going to forget those whom I left in the camps, in prisons, who are still in exile or who still continue their struggle for the right to emigrate and for their human rights.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan & Co
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0333395042
• ISBN 13: 9780333395042
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1