Born in1929 in Rokitna, Poland, he became a member of organizations “Hashomer Hatzair “and “Beitar” in his youth. In 1944 he was the secretary to the Zionist rabbi of Minsk. Arrested in 1945, in Tashkent, he was accused of Zionist activities and of the organization of an illegal Zionist youth movement. He was sentenced to 3.5 years in the Gulag, and served his sentence in the camp of “Chirchikstroy” in Uzbekistan. Released in 1948, he managed to leave the USSR for Israel together with his family in 1949. Remember & Save Association website
