ln t11islll(-111()ir£¬one of t11e comlTlanding fig£®ö¾
ures of the civil rights movement in the
U£®S£®S£®R£®puts principle before personal
safet£Ü¡¯£®Here£®the man w110 defended Sak¡ª
llaro£Ür£®Solzhenitsyn£¬Medvedev£¬Sinyavsky£¬
and Daniel£®the 111an£ÜVho endured more
thall ten vears of prisons and labor camps
for crimes(If¡°bourgeois humanism£®¡¯¡¯once
again speaks out£®
T0 B P Preserved Forever-the title
COIlles from the official stamp used in the
U£®S£®S£®R£®on government security files per£®
taining to¡®¡®crimes against the state¡±--pre¡ª
sents a Russian voice quite unlike the dis£®
sident voices heard before in the West£®For
Kopelev£¬who rose to the rank of major in
the Soviet Army¡¯S Political Department
during World War II and was recommended¡¯
for decoration£¬was a staunch proponent of ¡®
Communism£®Throughout the years of his
trials and imprisonment£¬he never re¡¤ ?
nounced his faith in the ideals of the Party
that almost destroyed him¡ªa fact that
makes his quest for iustice£¬recounted in
searing detail in his extraordinary book£¬all
the more poignant£®
At the heart of Kopelev¡¯S memoir iS the
pivotal event in his lire£ºhis arrest in 1 945£¬
toward the end of the war£¬for alleged
¡°anti£®Soviet activities£®¡¯¡¯Sent to Germany
on a political mission along with the spear¡ª
head of the Russian advance£¬young Major
Kopelev witnessed there the looting£¬rape£¬
arson£¬and wanton destruction committed
by the Red Army£®It was reported to his
superior that he had castigated the brave
soIdiers of the Red Army£¬thereby underÒ»£®
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