Born in 1918 in St Petersburg (then Petrograd), she was engaged, after the WW2, in the transfer of Jews from USSR to Poland on the first leg in their journey to Israel. Moreover she collected donations from Jews for this purpose. Arrested in 1950 in Leningrad, during an attempt to leave the Soviet Union, she was charged with treason and sentenced to 9 years imprisonment. She served her term in the Inta labor camp. After her release, in 1959, she continued battling for an exit visa and only in 1971 did she succeed in getting to Israel with her family.
