Born in 1918 in Leipzig, Germany, she was a member of the Zionist organization “Kadima” in her home city from an early age. Arrested in Vilnius in 1946 on the charge of attempting to escape by aircraft from the Soviet Union to get to Eretz Israel, she spent 8 years in the Gulag and after her release continued to fight for the right to leave for Israel. In 1971 she left the USSR for Israel together with her husband Nakhum. She died in 1978. Remember & Save Association website
