Born in 1918 in Lithuania, she was an active member of “Beitar” in the city of Gorzhed and after the beginning of Soviet occupation participated in the organization of illegal transportation to Israel from Lithuania - “Ha’Brikha”. Arrested in 1945 for her Zionist activities and for attempting to leave the Soviet Union illegally by air, she was sentenced to 8 years in the Gulag plus 3 years of exile. She served her sentence in several maximum security camps in Siberia. Released in 1956, she finally obtained a visa to get to Israel in 1966. She died in 1986. Remember & Save Association websites
