Born in Chenovtsy in 1908, he belonged to the “Poalei Zion” organization and was deputed to teach their members basic agricultural skills. In 1941 he was drafted into the Red Army and fought in the Second World War. After his discharge he discovered that all his family perished in the Holocaust. In 1948 he was arrested on participating in a meeting with Golda Meir and was sentenced to 25 years of hard labor. He was released in 1955 and got the chance to leave for Israel in 1973. He passed away in 1983.
