Chapter Sample: "Bella Abramova Subbotovskaya and the 'Jewish People’s University'"

Chapter 14 Bella Abramova Subbotovskaya and the “Jewish People’s University” Exactly 25 years ago, on September 23, 1982 at about 11 o’clock at night, an accident occurred in a dark street in Moscow. A woman walked along the sidewalk. She had just... More

Chapter 14 Bella Abramova Subbotovskaya and the “Jewish People’s University” Exactly 25 years ago, on September 23, 1982 at about 11 o’clock at night, an accident occurred in a dark street in Moscow. A woman walked along the sidewalk. She had just visited her mother and was on her way home. It was a quiet street, hardly a vehicle passed by at this hour. Suddenly a truck appeared at high speed, hit the woman, and drove off. Moments later another car drove up, stopped for a moment next to the victim, and also drove off. An ambulance came—who had called it?—and took the victim straight to the morgue. The funeral took place the next day. It was a very low key affair, nobody talked, no eulogy was held. Mourners only whispered among themselves, all the while observed by a few official-looking men. Eventually everybody quietly dispersed. The hit-and-run driver was never found, and the case was closed. The accident had all the trappings of a KGB hit. The victim was the 44-year old Less