Born in 1927, in Tartu, Estonia to a Zionist family, he became a member of Beitar at a young age and was active in distributing Jewish newspapers and religious materials. Arrested in 1941, he was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment and 8 years exile. In October 1946 he escaped from Siblag near Tomsk but in 1951 was repeatedly arrested and eventually sentenced to 20 years imprisonment which he served in Karkat, Melikovka, (near Tomsk), Sabaorlag. Freed in 1958, he was unsuccessful in getting to Israel till 1969. Remember and Save website.
