Born in 1907 in Vilnius, Lithuania, he was an activist in “Maccabi” during the 20s and the 30s and in the Zionist movement of Kaunas, Lithuania. Arrested in 1946 for his Zionist activities and his attempt to flee by aircraft from the Soviet Union to Poland and from there to Eretz Israel, he was sentenced to 10 years in the Gulag and served his sentence in various camps in Siberia. He left for Israel in 1971 together with his wife of Lilly. He died in 1972. Remember & Save Association website
