The long ordeal for Mikhail Kalik is over. The leading Soviet Jewish movie director who first applied for an exit visa in Dec. 1970, was welcomed this morning in Israel. He told newsmen at Lydda Airport of his struggle to obtain a visa and quipped: “I hope I shall be able to produce films here without censorship.”
In 1952 Kalik, who was then 21 years old, was arrested for his “Jewish and pro-Israel sentiments,” and sentenced to 10 years at hard labor. Stalin’s death cut short his stay and he was released after serving four years and “rehabilitated.” Arriving on the same plane this morning was Dr. Yuri Nudelman, a well known Soviet surgeon, and his family. He said that he and his family were subjected to abuse from Soviet authorities after they had applied for emigration to Israel.
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