Born in 1919 in Riga (Lithuania), he was a member of Beitar. In 1948 he was arrested and charged with attempting to leave for Israel. His sentence of 8 years in prison was spent in the Kolyma and Berlag camps. He was released in 1956 and immediately applied to leave Soviet Union for Israel. He actually received permission only in 1971. He passed away in 1994.
