Born on September 25th 1907 in Dubossary, Russia, he became a member of the underground organization Ha-Shomer HaTsair. During WW2 he was evacuated to Central Asia, where he continued his Zionist activities. In 1952 he and his wife were arrested for subversive Zionist activity and given the death penalty, which was later commuted to 25 years hard labor in a special security camps, mostly in Taishet. Released in 1953, he still had to wait till 1973 before getting permission to go to Israel. He died in 1991.
