Born in 1920 in Vilno, Lithuania. First a student in the “Beitar” organization, he then became its active member. In 1943 he attempted to emigrate to Israel, was arrested, accused of Zionist activity and sentenced to imprisonment in Siberian concentration camps but was freed in the wake of the agreement to form Anders’s Army, and after that immigrated to Israel. He joined the Israeli Army, took part in the War of Independence and then continued to serve. In 1958 he demobilized, ranked colonel. He died in 1989. Remember & Save Association website
