Born in 1919 in Moscow, to a family that moved to Shavli, Lithuania when he was still very young. As a college student in Kaunas, he participated in the Zionist student organization “Hertseliya”—a section of the “General Zionists” organization. From 1942 till 1945 he served in the Red Army, in the 16th Lithuanian division. Being a signaling officer, he was able to communicate with the soldiers of the “Eretz Israelit” brigade (Jewish brigade in the Allied Army) for the purpose of organizing aid for aliyah in Eretz Israel. He was arrested in 1946 and sentenced to 10 years in Gulag plus 5 years of exile. He served his sentence in “Ortlag” in Pervomaysk, was released in 1955, and in 1980 left for Israel. Remember & Save Association website
