Born in 1927, in Moscow, his experience of anti-Semitism made him turn to Zionism and Israel and he began disseminating Zionist propaganda among Jewish students. Arrested in 1951 and charged with Zionist activity, he received a sentence of 3.5 years imprisonment which was served in the Lefortovo, Butyrki and Lubianka prisons in Moscow and also in the Taishet camp Released in 1954, it took him till 1971 to be able to get to Israel.
