Jewish physicist Victor Polsky left Vienna today after a three-year campaign to leave the Soviet Union. A spokesman for the Jewish Agency said Polsky, 44, his wife Yelena, their daughter, Marina, 16, and four other relatives flew to Israel after a one-day stop-over in Vienna.
Their arrival in Vienna had been kept secret by Austrian authorities and the Jewish Agency until today. Polsky applied for permission to emigrate to Israel in 1971. His application was turned down for security reasons. Last month, Polsky received his Soviet exit visa after he was fined 100 rubles ($137) for reckless driving.
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