Yakov Shelter

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Born in 1908 in Poland, he was an active Zionist from childhood. A member of “Gordonia” from 1933-1939, he was also editor and publisher of Dej Vah Zionist weekly. Arrested in Ashkhabad in 1941, accused of attempting to cross the USSR-Iran border, he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment which he served in Ural labour camps. Released in 1956, he got to Israel in 1966. Died in 1976. Remember & Save website
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