Born in 1924 in Konstantinovka, Ukraine, he was recruited into the Red Army in 1941 and arrested in 1942, when he was tried by the war tribunal for his attempts at helping Jews cross the border. For this he received 10 years imprisonment in the labour camps under the severest of conditions and to a 3 year deprival of human rights. Set free in 1955, he moved to Poland in 1957. In 1961 he emigrated to Israel. Remember & Save website
