Born in 1921 in Domabrovni, Bessarabia, he was a member of the “Gordonia” leadership and also a member of the “He-Chaluts” center in Romania. Sent by “He Chaluts” from Bucharest to the USSR during the Soviet occupation to help organize the illegal emigration movement, he was arrested in 1941 and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment to be followed by 5 years exile to Siberia (Irkutsk & Krasnojarsk). Released in 1956, it took him till 1972 to emigrate to Israel. Remember & Save website