Born in 1921 in Riga, Latvia, he became a member of the revisionist organization "Beitar" in his youth and became a popular Zionist figure among his peer group. Arrested in 1944, while in hospital with severe war wounds, he was sentenced to 10 years in the Gulag and 2 years in exile. Released in 1954, he returned to Riga and continued his Zionist activities among Jewish youth, teaching them the love and aspiration of Zion. He was one of founders of the monument in Rumbula, erected in memory of the tens of thousands of Jews of Riga executed there. In 1974 he got to Israel and became an active and honored member of the Organization of Prisoners of Zion. He died in 1990. Remember & Save Association website
