Elka Kublanov

Description

Born in 1895 in Nevel, Russia, she participated with her husband (see above) in the organization of gatherings in their home of Zionists and Jews who wanted to go to Israel. Arrested in 1951 in Leningrad and charged with Zionist activity and attempts to escape illegally from the Soviet Union, she was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment, which she served in the Taishet camp. She was released in 1956 and only got to Israel in 1972 after the death of her husband. She died in 1981.
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