Born in 1920 in Lithuania, she became a member of Ha-Shomer Ha-Tsair. In 1941 she was arrested, together with her husband, and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and exile. She was released in 1946 only to be rearrested repeatedly in 1948, accused of being the accomplice of an Israeli spy. Her little daughter had to live with her grandfather because of her parents’ arrests. In 1951 Masha was granted amnesty as a young mother but was exiled to Barnaul (Altaj) till 1956. In 1969 the family finally reached Israel. Remember & Save website
