Born Feb 15th, 1915 in Douga, Lithuania, he joined “General Zionists” at the age of 15. He spent the period of 1934 till 1936 on the Arlozorovian kibbutz taking courses in agricultural training (“Hakshara”) in Lithuania. In 1941 he was enrolled into the Red Army but after the War was active in the organization “HaBrikha” in Vilnius. When arrested, he was charged with underground Zionist activity and sentenced by OSO to 7 years in the Gulag plus 3 years in exile. He served his sentence in Vorkuta. Released in 1956, he had still to wait until 1987 in order to receive permission to leave the USSR for Israel. Remember & Save Association website
