Born in 1913 in Riga, Latvia, at the age of 14 was already organizing unions of Zionists who studied Jewish history, distributed Zionist materials & worked for Keren Kayemet. After the Soviet occupation, he was exiled to Siberia. Arrested in 1945, he was accused of Zionist activities against the Soviet regime and was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment plus 5 years exile which he served in Tomsk, Omsk and Norilsk. Released in 1958, he was unable to get to Israel until 1986. Remember & Save website
