Born in 1907 in Plongjan, Lithuania, he became a member of Beitar at an early age, collecting donations for Keren Kayemet & Keren Tel-Chai. In 1941 his family was banished to Siberia and Shimshon spent time in the Barshuti and Krasnojarskk labour camps. Freed in 1956, he got to Israel in 1972. Remember & Save website.