Born in1919 in Cheldiz-Fiaski, Poland, he joined “Beitar” in 1936, becoming an eminent figure in the movement. He was sent to a labor camp by the Nazis and was in Buchenwald from 1942. Freed by the American army, he started working in the organization “Brikha ve – Aliya”, which involved the illegal transferring of Jews from Poland to Germany, and from there to Palestine –Eretz Israel. In November 1945 he was arrested by Soviet authorities and sentenced to 10 years hard labor in the Gulag but even there continued his Zionist activities. Released in 1955, he left the USSR for Poland in1957 and in the same year he managed to leave Poland for Israel. He died in 1992. Remember & Save Association websites
