Born in 1925 in Gomel, Bielorussia, he was brought up in a Jewish Zionist family which engaged in Zionist propaganda. In 1948, after the foundation of the Jewish State, he applied to the Soviet authorities for permission to go to Israel as a volunteer. In response to that, he was arrested in 1950 and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment but he continued to be engaged in Zionist activity even in concentration camp. He was released in 1956 and in 1972 succeeded in getting to Israel. He died in December 1994.
