Born in 1914 in Pviyanecz, Poland. As a youth joined the “Ha-Noar Ha-Tzioni” movement in his town, then became an instructor and a social activist. In 1935, was mobilized into the Polish Army, where he fought against the Nazis, was taken prisoner by the Germans and escaped. He crossed the border with the Soviet Union, was arrested and sent to a concentration camp in Komi ASSR (Autonomous Soviet Socialist Rep.) In 1941, he was freed from the camp and again mobilized into the Polish Army in the Soviet Union, where he continued Zionist work. In 1943, he was arrested and sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment and life-long exile. While in the concentration camp, he worked in copper and uranium mines. After release from the camp, was exiled to the Angara river where he worked in the forests. Regardless of his location, he continued working for Zionist propaganda. Released in 1954, received permission to leave for Poland in 1956, immigrated to Israel in the same year. Remember & Save Association website
