Born in 1913 in Koltinan, Lithuania, he became a member both “Ha-Zionim Ha-Klalim” and “Gesher”. At the beginning of WW2 he escaped to the USSR, was arrested while trying to cross the border of USSR with Iran in an attempt to reach Erets Israel and was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in the labour camps of Krasnogorsk and Igarka. Exiled to Siberia for 5 years, in 1951, he later returned to Lithuania and got to Israel in 1969. Remember & Save website
