Born in 1919 in Shakiyai, Lithuania, he was an activist in the movement “General Zionists” in his youth. He travelled around Lithuanian cities in search of those wishing to be emigrate to Eretz Israel, and supplied them with false documents which allowed them to cross the border with Poland. In 1946 he was arrested and sentenced by the military tribunal of Vilnius to 10 years in the Gulag plus 3 years probation. His sentence was served in a high security camp in Chukotka but, though he was released in 1954, he was not allowed to move himself and his family to Israel until 1990. Remember & Save Association website
