Born in 1917 in Poland, not far from Warsaw, he succeeded in acquiring a certificate to emigrate to Eretz Yisrael in 1941 but was arrested in 1942 and accused of espionage. Sentenced by the OSO (Special military tribunal) to 12 years imprisonment to be followed by exile, he served his sentence in Krasnoyarsk, Tavda and in the camps Vostok, Orlag. Released in 1954, he emigrated to Israel in 1958. Remember & Save website