Born in 1918 in Riga, Latvia, he was a member of “Beitar” from 1929 till 1940. In 1946 he was arrested and charged with assisting in the illegal flight of Jews from the USSR, with the aid of the organization “HaBrikha,” and in his own attempt to leave the Soviet Union for Eretz Israel. He was sentenced to 10 years in the Gulag and served his sentence in Kazakhstan. Released in 1956, he left the USSR for Israel in 1971. As a volunteer he helps in the integration of new olim. He is a member of the “Council of the Organization of the Prisoners of Zion”. Remember & Save Association website
