Born in 1927 in Riga, Latvia, he was active in “Beitar” from 1939. He was arrested in 1949, together with his whole family, and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. He served his sentence in a hard labor camp, Ozerlag. His father, who was also an active Zionist, died in the camp. Yosef was released in 1959 and eventually got to Israel in 1971.
