Hijack for freedom : the memoirs of Mark Dymshits: Soviet pilot, Jew, breacher of the Iron Curtain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dymshits, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dymshits, Mark.

Jews--Soviet Union--Personal narratives.

Jews.

Political prisoners--Soviet Union.

Political prisoners.

Air pilots, Military--Soviet Union.

Air pilots, Military.

Refuseniks.

Hijacking of aircraft.

Soviet Union.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

250 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem ; Ashland, Ohio : Gefen books, [2021]

Summary:

June 15, 2020 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the failed attempt of a group of fourteen Soviet Jews and two Russian freedom fighters to hijack a small plane from Leningrad Airport in order to escape the Soviet Union. At the head of this attempt was former Soviet air force pilot Major Mark Dymshits. ... The international scandal following their trial and brutal sentencing paved the way for hundreds of thousands of Jews to leave the Soviet Union. Later, the calls for freedom would crescendo, eventually bringing down the Berlin Wall. In this memoir, now appearing in print for the first time, Mark Dymshits recalls his life as a Soviet Jewish citizen and air force pilot and relates the events that lead him to concoct the audacious plan that ultimately changed the world. (back cover)

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Childhood before the War

2. Evacuation, Boarding School, and Air Force Special School

3. Armavir Flight College

4. Air Force Service

5. Civilian Life

6. The Hijack Affair

7. Leningrad KGB Prison

8. The Trials

9. The Camps

10. Freedom

11. Israel.

ISBN:

9789657023259

9657023254

OCLC:

1262644978

Publisher Number:

99990033559