Zisels Yosif Samoylovich

Definition: Jewish public figure of Ukraine, member of the supervisory board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union for Human Rights. During the Soviet years, he was a member of the dissident and human rights movement in the USSR, a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group (UHG), an employee of the Working Commission for Investigating the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes, a distributor of samizdat, and an activist in the Jewish national movement.
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Genus. in 1946 in Tashkent; Jew; higher education; engineer. Lived in Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR. Arrested 12/08/1978. Sentenced by the Chernivtsi Regional Court on 04/05/1979 under Art. 187-1 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR to 3 years of penitentiary. After his release, he lived in Sokiryany, Chernivtsi region, Ukrainian SSR. Arrested 10/19/1984. Sentenced on 04/10/1985 under Art. 187-1 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR to 3 years of penitentiary. In 1987, he refused the proposed amnesty, because he did not want to sign an obligation to renounce political activity.
In 1988 he created the first independent Jewish organization in Ukraine in Chernivtsi. In 1989, he took part in the creation of the Vaad (Confederation of Jewish Organizations and Communities) of the USSR and became its co-chairman. Since 1991 - Chairman of the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (Vaad of Ukraine), Executive Vice President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine. In 2002, at the founding congress of the Eurasian Jewish Congress, he was elected Chairman of the General Council.
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Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Подрабинек Александр Пинхосович
16. The article “Soviet dissidents against the installation of the Wall of Sorrow memorial” on the Radio Liberty website, published on October 30, 2017, and a letter from former political prisoners and participants in the democratic movement in the USSR about the need for a monument to the victims of political repression, but only when there are no political prisoners left in the country. (attached file)
Article "Soviet dissidents against the installation of the "Wall of Sorrow" memorial on the website of Radio Liberty" , docx
3 листа, машинопись
Harutyunyan Vardan Lyudvigovich, Berdzenishvili David Valeryanovich, Berdzenishvili Levan Valeryanovich, Brodsky Vladimir Isaakovich, Bukovsky Vladimir Konstantinovich, Geiko (Matusevich) Olga Dmitrievna, Gorbal Nikolai (Mykola) Andreevich, Goryn Bogdan Nikolaevich, Grigorenko Andrey Petrovich, Guberman Igor Mironovich, Dzhemilev Mustafa Abdulcemil, Zholkovskaya-Ginzburg Irina (Arina) Sergeevna, Zisels Yosif Samoylovich, Ivlyushkin Nikolai Petrovich, Kadyrov Sinaver Arifovich, Kalinets Igor Mironovich, Kuznetsov Eduard Samuilovich, Litvinov Pavel Mikhailovich, Lukyanenko Lev (Levko) Grigorievich, Marinovich Miroslav Frankovich, Matviyuk Kuzma Ivanovich, Matusevich Nikolay Ivanovich, Niklus Mart-Olav Juliusovich (Estonian: Mart Olav Niklus), Ovsienko Vasily Vasilievich, Osipov Vladimir Nikolaevich, Parek Lagle Karlovna, Podrabinek Alexander Pinkhosovich, Podrabinek Kirill Pinkhosovich, Popadyuk Zoryan Vladimirovich, Protsenko Pavel Grigorievich, Rivkin Mikhail Germanovich, Rudenko (Kaplun) Raisa Afanasyevna, Smirnov Alexey Olegovich, Superfin Gabriel Gavrilovich, Fainberg Viktor Isaakovich, Shevchenko Oles Evgenievich, Shukhevych-Berezinsky Yury Romanovich, Yankelevich (Semenova) Tatyana Ivanovna
2017