Born in 1921 in Moscow to a Zionist family, which moved to Riga in 1924, he joined Beitar at a young age and was one of the more active members of movement, following as he did in his farher's footsteps. In 1941 the whole family was banished to Siberia. Accused of organising Zionist movements in Tomsk in 1953, which was considered to be high treason, he was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment in Tajshet camp. Released in 1956, he finally reached Israel in 1973. Remember & Save