Born in1925 in Kovno, Lithuania, to a family of religious Zionists, he fled the ghetto of Kovno in1941, after the Nazi occupation, but was mobilized into the Red Army, fought the entire war, and reached Berlin in 1945. There he was arrested on charges of Zionist activity and attempting to flee to the West, and from there to Palestine –Eretz Israel. He was sentenced to 10 years in the Gulag, but received a pardon after 5 years when he returned to Vilna. In 1969, he finally obtained permission to leave the USSR and go to Israel. Remember & Save Association websites
