Born on January 22nd, 1922, he joined the religious Zionist movement B’nei Akiva in 1931 and was an active member of this movement up to 1939. In 1944, while trying to escape the USSR illegally through the Persian border aiming to reach Palestine-Eretz Israel, he was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in the Gulag. Released in 1954, he applied for an exit visa, but, despite numerous attempts, he and his family didn’t received permission to go to Israel till 1972. Remember & Save Association website
