Scouts William Fisher, known as Rudolph Abel, in an American prison engaged in drawing, mastered silk-screen printing and read books. The editor-in-chief of the History TV channel, Alexei Denisov, wrote about this in an author's column for the Vesti information system.
In addition, Fischer also taught other inmates foreign languages and solved math problems.
"He continued to draw, read and master silk-screen printing. "The conditions of my stay here have not changed in any way. I still paint on silk, paint in oils and read a little. My health is relatively good," he reported. According to his daughter's recollections, he taught other prisoners foreign languages. And when they didn't get the tables needed for a mathematical problem, he made all the necessary calculations independently."