Born in 1911 in Rezekne, Latvia, he was a member of “Beitar” from his youth and up to the beginning of WWII and was also a member of the “General Zionists” party. In 1947 he was arrested on charges of Zionist activity and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment in the Gulag. He was released in 1951, and, eventually got to Israel in 1966. He died in 1980.
