Born on 06.21.1920 in Vishki, near Dvinsk, Latvia, he joined “Beitar” in 1935 and was soon appointed as Commander of the local branch. He called for the necessity of the implementation of the Zionist ideal –the creation of the Jewish state- and became a celebrity in his town. After the invasion of the Nazis he fled by bicycle with a group of comrades to the Soviet Union, settling in a state farm near Tashkent. At the end of 1942 the majority of young people were mobilized into the Red Army. In 1945 after being denounced to the authorities, he was on arrested by them and sentenced to 10 years in the Gulag plus 5 years in exile. Released in 1953 from the Kurgan camp, he finally reached Israel in 1960. Remember & Save Association websites
