Born in 1927 in Nevel, Soviet Union, to a Zionist family, engaged in the unification of Zionists, who gathered in their house. During WW2 she was in charge of Zionist youth activity in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. After the war the family returned to Lvov and began underground activity to support Jews and to help them to move to Poland and from there to Israel. She was arrested in 1951 and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. Released in 1956, she didn’t succeed in getting to Israel until 1972.
