Born in 1904 in Kiev, the Ukraine, he was an activist in “Poalei Zion” for 10 years sending letters of protest to the authorities and to newspapers, encouraging Jews to make aliyah and teaching Hebrew and Jewish history. Arrested in 1946 he was sentenced to 10 years in the Gulag. Released in 1956, he had to wait till 1971 before being allowed to make aliyah. He died in 1993. Remember & Save Association website
