Born in 1922 in Riga, Latvia, she was an active member of “Beitar” from an early age. In 1940−41 she served in the Lithuanian Division. Arrested in 1957, she was charged with “the attempt to leave the Soviet Union illegally in order to be able to immigrate to the State of Israel”, and sentenced to 9 months imprisonment. In 1971 her dream of making aliyah came true.