Born in 1921 in Zuslaj, Lithuania, he became a member of “HaShomer HaTzair” at an early age. In an attempt to escape from the Soviet Union to Poland in order from there to reach Eretz Israel, he was arrested and sentenced to 7 years in the Gulag plus 3 years in exile. Released in 1957, he persistently continued the struggle for the right to emigrate to Israel but dream came true only in 1972. He died in 1979.
