I had the privilege recently of speaking with "Thirteen Nasty Little Snakes" author Victor Levenstein. He will kick off the 2017 JCC Jewish Bookfair with an appearance at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus, 1125 College Ave. , on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m.
In "Thirteen Nasty Little Snakes," Levenstein shares his amazing story of being falsely convicted, at age 21 in the 1940s, of plotting to assassinate Russian dictator Joseph Stalin. Levenstein, one of 13 students who were falsely convicted of the crime, was sentenced to exile in Siberia for the rest of his life.
Levenstein, who is now 94, goes on to describe how he managed to escape this draconian sentence and later restarted his life in the United States, along with his wife, Dora, and son, Matvey, in the 1980s. To read my interview with Levenstein in ThisWeek News, click here.
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