Born in 1917 in Chernovtsy, Bukovina, he was a member of the Zionist organization “Beitar” from an early age and up until 1940. He collected donations to the national funds of Israel and was involved in Zionist propaganda among Jewish youth. Arrested in 1946, he was charged with Zionist activity and propaganda against the Soviet regime. Sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, he spent 8,5 years in the camps of the Gulag and was released in 1954 after which he still had to wait until 1972 before getting permission to emigrate to Israel. He died in 1989. Remember & Save Association website
