{"id":15440,"date":"2017-02-06T16:07:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T14:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zionism.co.il\/?page_id=15440\/"},"modified":"2018-02-19T22:11:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T20:11:59","slug":"the-fall-of-the-iron-curtain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.zionism.co.il\/en\/quiz-topics\/its-worth-mentioning\/the-fall-of-the-iron-curtain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fall of the Iron Curtain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe Fall of the Iron Curtain
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\nThe Aliyah of the Jews of the Soviet Union
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In the 1920, the “Iron Curtain” descended, closing off the Soviet Union from Western Europe. The term is the name given to the communist regime in Russia which brought about the separation of the Soviet Union from its neighbors and cut off its population, which was not allowed to leave the country. \"mb\"
\n Under Stalin’s dictatorial, oppressive rule, millions of Russians were murdered, among them many Jews. Stalin did not allow the Jews to live a Jewish life. He forbade the practice of anything related to Jewish or Zionist content, forcing Judaism and the observance of religious commandments to be practiced clandestinely. During World War II, there was an easing of the restrictions of the Iron Curtain and the war brought about a meeting of Soviet Jews with Jews from the rest of the world (survivors of the concentration camps, soldiers from the allied forces and the Jewish Brigade) and with Jews in areas annexed by the Soviet Union, such as Lithuania.<\/p>\n

\nAfter the establishment of the State
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The establishment of the State of Israel aroused great enthusiasm among the Jews of the Soviet Union, however, the Russian regime responded with a campaign of defamation against Zionism and the State of Israel. In the 1950s, the Jews of the Soviet Union experienced persecution, serious abuse and violence. They were arrested by the KGB, they were attacked and they disappeared. The Jewish intellectuals \u2013 poets, writers, artists and journalists – were murdered. Jewish schools and theaters were closed. In 1953, Stalin died, however the policy of persecuting Jews continued. <\/p>\n

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\nNatan Sharansky – the story of a Prisoner of Zion
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Natan (Anatoly) Sharansky was born in the Ukraine on January 20, 1948. He is the chairman of the Jewish Agency. In the past, he was a Prisoner of Zion and a refusenik, a person who was denied permission by the authorities to emigrate. He has been a politician, a minister in the Israeli government and a political ideologist.
\n“We grew up without knowing anything about our identity, not the language, not the traditions, not words, like Purim and Passover, not words like Bar Mitzvah or Brit Mila. We knew we were Jews. It was written on our parents’ identification cards. When we were children, the message from our parents was clear: Because you are Jewish, it’s like some kind of disease, you have to be the best at school. The medicine for being Jewish is being the best in your profession and that’s how you’ll get along.”