Born in 1904 in Russia, he worked in the movement “He-Halutz” in the Ukraine from 1920 until 1928. Arrested in 1951, he was charged with nationalist and anti-Soviet activities and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. He served his sentence in a Moscow prison and in the camp Kamyshlag in Siberia. After his release he began to fight for the right to emigrate to Israel which he finally succeeded in doing in 1981. He died in 1987.
