Born in 1918 in Rovno, Poland, he became a member of the “Gordonia” movement and in 1936 joined the leadership of his local branch. In 1939 he was trained in the Lodz kibbutz in which he was elected to the secretariat. The kibbutz sent him to Lublin and he returned several days before WW2. With the approaching of German troops, the kibbutz was dismantled and Ben-Zion returned to Rovno. He continued in his illegal Zionist activities even after the Soviet occupation until his arrest in 1941. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and lifelong exile to Siberia but, due to the Soviet-Polish contract of release repatriation of Polish citizens, returned to Poland and got to Israel in the same year (1957). He was also a member of The Council of Prisoners of Zion. Remember & Save website.
