Born in 1914 in Unishkis, Lithuania, he joined Beitar in 1928 after graduating from the Jewish secondary school. In 1932-1933 he became the commander of his local Beitar branch and then moved to Kovno where he became one of the Lithuanian Beitar leaders. He published poems in Hebrew in newspapers and magazines. In 1941, after the Soviet invasion, he was arrested with his wife Ella & son Shavi (named in memory of Shlomo ben Josef, executed by the English), sentenced to 10 years imprisonment followed by lifelong exile to Siberia. During this exile he daringly appealed to the Soviet authorities for release and permission to go to Israel. In 1965, thanks to the efforts of Menahem Begin and the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yehezkel Pularevich was released and allowed to go to Israel with his family. On arriving in Israel, he immediately devoted himself to Zionist activities and, with Abraham Shtukarevich, Yakov Liash and others, founded the Prisoners of Zion Organisation in September 1969. Any privileges enjoyed by Prisoners of Zion today are the direct result of the efforts of Yehezkel and his friends. He also initiated the ‘Prisoners of Zion Petition’, handing it to Senator Henry Jackson on the stairs of the American Capitol. Remember & Save website.
