Born in 1925 in Chernovtsy, Bukovina, he was a member of the "Beitar" movement from 1939 to 1940. Arrested in 1944 on charges of Zionist activity, he was sentenced in1945 to 5 years in the Gulag plus 5 years of exile. His sentence was spent in the camps Yenisseisk, Tatarka, Mutgina, Telsky, Sviask and Irkutsk. Released in 1954, he didn’t get to Israel until 1972. He is a member of the Council of the Prisoners of Zion organization. Remember & Save Association website
