Born on May 15th, 1921 in Radautsy, Rumania, he was educated in Zionism at home and up to 1939 was an active member of “Hashomer Hatzair”. In 1944 he was mobilized into the Red Army and sent to the front. In May 1946 he requested demobilization from the Red Army in order, then, to emigrate to Palestine-Eretz Israel. Instead he was arrested in the city of Khust and sentenced to 15 years hard labor in high security camps. His sentence was served in the coal mines of #16 and #18 in Vorkuta from November 1946 until his release in September 1955. He fought hard to obtain permission to leave the USSR for Israel, but with no success until 1971. Remember & Save Association website
