Born in 1913 in Burgovo, Hungary, he served in the Czech army and, after demobilization, became an activist in the revisionist movement “Beitar”. In 1945 after the Soviet occupation, he was arrested by SMERSH and accused of Zionist anti-Soviet activity. Sentenced to 8 years in the Gulag plus 2 years of exile, he was released in 1956, returning to his home town where he was under continuous surveillance by the KGB. He didn’t obtain permission to leave until 1979, when he went to Israel. Remember & Save Association websites