Born in 1930 in Zhmerinka, Ukraine, Alexander was evacuated to the east of Russia during the 2nd World War. He returned in 1944 and, having been strongly impressed by Nazi atrocities and local Anti-Semitism, became an active member of the Zionist Youth organization “Einikeit”. Arrested in 1949 and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in a Karaganda camp, he was released in 1954 and went to Israel in 1990.
