Born in 1918 in the small town of Gorodok, he joined the "Beitar" movement in Riga in 1932 and before the Soviet occupation in 1939 he was an active Zionist. Arrested in Moscow, in 1944, on charges of Zionist activity, he was sentenced to 8 years in the Gulag plus 4 years of exile; he served his time in the camps of Kotlas and Munlag. He was released in 1956, but was only allowed to go to Israel in 1973. Remember & Save Association website
