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After "nine months of torture and interrogation, the two sisters were sentenced to long prison terms. Then in 1961, after 11 years and 340 days (July 24, 1949 – June 14, 1961) in separate security prisons and cells, the two were quietly ransomed out by a relative in the United States, and exiled as stateless refugees. While Annie was granted British citizenship within only a few months, it took three years, two presidents and the passage of Bills on her behalf in the United States Congress for Nora to receive the same privilege in America."
The two Private Bills of 1965 which benefited Nora Samuelli were:
a) 89-203, which granted her permanent residency under the Immigration and Nationality Acting (passed Congress on November 7, 1965). b) 89-108, which awarded her $38,114.90 (United States dollar) compensation under as "a gratuity for sacrifices sustained by her " (ie 12 years imprisonment.
See above) and eligible to be covered under the Civil Service Retirement Acting (passed on September 29, 1965).
Nora Samuelli died in December 1986 in Washington, District of Columbia, aged 72.
