Victor and his family settled in the USSR in the mid-1930s. However, his decision to decline signing off on his skydiving achievement as a Soviet citizen led to his imprisonment, where he faced brutal beatings and torture. Eventually, he was sent to the Gulag, where he spent many years, ultimately remaining in the Soviet Union for 45 years.
Coming Out of the Ice
Victor and his family relocated to the USSR in the 1930s. When he declined to attribute his skydiving accomplishments to the Soviet government, he was arrested without trial and subjected to brutal mistreatment, including physical abuse and psychological torture, which left a lasting scar on his ...
