Born in 1929, in Leningrad, he became active as a Zionist in the ‘40’s and was engaged in Zionist propaganda, especially after creation of the Jewish State. He was arrested in 1950 and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. He served his term on one of the special camps but continued his Zionist activity, organized classes for Hebrew study and distributed material in various Soviet cities. He succeeded in getting to Israel but not until 1970.
