Born in1908 in Riga, Latvia, he studied in a German university and was a Zionist activist among the Jewish students. Arrested in Riga in 1945, he was charged with Zionist activities. Sentenced to 5 years in the Gulag, he served his sentence in several prison camps in Siberia. Released in 1950, he still had to fight to get to Israel by 1969. He died in 1973. Remember & Save Association website
