Born in 1915 in Braila, Romania, he was a First secretary of the Zionist Youth Organization in Romania. From 1935 through 1940 he was a member of the workers’ committee of the Zionist Histadrut, also in Romania. Arrested in 1950 in the Soviet Union, and charged with Zionist activity, he was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. He served his sentence in the Karaganda camp. He arrived to Israel in 1973 and died in 1982.
