Born in1915 in Poland, he joined to the organization “Beitar” in his youth and became one of the leaders of the organization in the Lodz region until WWII when he escaped to the Soviet Union, to the city of Frunze. Arrested in 1945 on charges of Zionist activity among young Jews and of the organization of underground routes of Jews to Poland, and from there to Eretz Israel, by means of fictitious marriages and false documents, he was sentenced to 10 years in the Gulag plus to 2 years of exile. The sentence was served in Mariinsk, Lakhash, Karaganda and other places. Released in 1954, he received permission to go to Israel in 1956. Remember & Save Association website
