Born in 1892, he was a member of Poalei Zion in Vilno. In 1930 he became a director of the Lithuanian section of Intourist, and was thus able, from 1939 to1941 help transfer Jews to Erets Israel via the USSR. Arrested in Middle Asia, in 1941, he was accused of organizing illegal emigration and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment in various Kazahstan labour camps. He eventually reached Israel in 1965. Died in 1982. Remember & Save website
