Former Prisoner of Conscience Dr. Evgeny Lein of Leningrad was badly beaten by the KGB on Saturday after he met with three foreign tourists, according to the Long Island Committee for Soviet Jewry and Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry. The 45 year-old mathematician had been interrogated by the secret police in July after speaking with visitors from abroad.
Secret police agents also tried to break in Saturday on the brit of David Tzvi Elman, the 8-day-old son of Leningrad activist Mikhail Elman, who was himself beaten severely by the KGB twice last week. Elman refused to let them in, asserting it was against health regulations for them to intrude on the circumcision.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
