Born in 1915 in Plotsk, Poland, he was an active Poalei Zion member till 1939. Arrested while trying to cross the border of the USSR with Iran in an attempt to reach Erets Israel in 1941, he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and 5 years exile, serving his sentences in Ashkhabad, Turinsk, Tavda, Krasnojarsk & Vorkuta. Freed in 1956, he was allowed to go to Israel in 1957. Remember & Save website
