A Soviet Jew, Natan Sharansky was jailed in 1977
for speaking out in favor of the right to emigrate from the
advocating free speech,
and refusing to cooperate with Soviet authorities.
He was subjected to a horrible ordeal,
including a periods of solitary confinement and near starvation.
When he was finally released in 1986,
the one possession he carried to freedom
was a copy of the Book of Psalms in Hebrew.
Shortly before his release,
Soviet guards had confiscated the book,
returning it only after Sharansky lay down in the snow
and refused to take another step!
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