Prisoners of Zion. 1941, page 6.

Born in 1914 in Palanga, Lithuania, he joined Beitar at the age of 14, became chairman of “Ha-Tshar” and the local branch commander in his town. Arrested in 1941, he was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment followed by 9 years exile. He served his sentence in the Komi Republic. Released in 1958, he didn’t get to Israel until 1971.

Born in 1915 in Plotsk, Poland, he was an active Poalei Zion member till 1939. Arrested while trying to cross the border of the USSR with Iran in an attempt to reach Erets Israel in 1941, he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and 5 years exile, serving his sentences in Ashkhabad, Turinsk, Tavda, Krasnojarsk & Vorkuta. Freed in 1956, he was allowed to go to Israel in 1957.

Born in 1921 in Plotsk, Poland, he joined the Beitar movement as a youth, actively collecting donations for Keren Kayemet and Keren Ha-Yesod. He was preparing to leave for Erets Israel within the framework of “He-Chaluts”. In 1941, after German troops invaded the USSR, he attempted to escape throught the border with Iran, aiming to reach Erets Israel. Arrested and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment followed by 5 years exile, he served his sentence in the Karaganda & Samara labour camps. In Volgostroy he worked in the chromium and nickel mines. Released in 1951, it took him till 1961 to get to Israel.

Born in 1907 in Kishinev, he became a member of Maccabi and Beitar in his youth and was active in collecting donations for Keren Kayemet & Keren Tel-Hai. He even stood in the guard of honour during the visits of Chaim Weizman & Nachum Sokolov to the Soviet Union. As a result of his Zionist activities, he was arrested by the Soviet authorities in February 1941 and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment. Released in 1947 in Solikamsk, he returned to Kishinev and eventually managed to get to Israel in 1991.

Born in 1908 in Hotin, Bessarabia, he joined Poalei Zion in Kalmanchi at the age of 18 and was one of the local branch leaders. Arrested in 1941, as a result of his Zionist, counter-revolutionary activities, he was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment in labour camps and, from1949,to exile. Freed in 1949, he went to Chernovtsi but it took him till 1978 to succeed in getting to Israel. He died in 1991.

Born in 1897 in Chernovtsi, Bessarabia, he studied in a Jewish school and from early youth was an active member of the “Hertsliya” organization. Working for Keren Kayemet, he was elected a member of Worker’s Committee of that organization. Arrested by the Soviet Authorities, he was in labour camps until 1954. Freed after Stalin’s death, he returned to Chernovtsi but was repeatedly arrested, together with his wife, for Zionist activities. He eventually got to Israel in 1969. Died in 1979.

Born in 1905 in Russia, he was secretary of He-Haluts in Kamenets-Podolsk and was actively preparing himself to move to Erets Israel. Arrested in 1941, he was not released until1956 but managed to get to Israel in 1966. Died in 1990.

Born in 1921 in Rovno, Poland, he was an active member of “Gordonia” till 1939. Arrested in 1941 attempting to cross Soviet-Iran border to reach Erets Israel, he received the death sentence, which was later commuted to 5 years in exile. Released in 1956, he got to Israel in 1957.

Born in 1894 in Riga, Latvia, he joined the “Tsairei Zion” movement, becoming a prominent member. Studied both law and medicine, but didn’t finish his studies because of his intensive Zionist activities. By 1940 he was one of the editors of ”Yiddishe Folkshtimme”,”Der-Veg”, “Inter-fact” & “Frimargen”, and also a member of the Riga Municipality, struggling for the introduction of Hebrew into Jewish schools. Arrested in 1941, after the occupation, he was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and died while in a labour camp. His family was banished to Siberia. He was posthumously recognized as a Prisoner of Zion by the Ministry of Absorption in Israel.

She was born in 1927 in Riga, Latvia. Her father being an active Zionist, the whole family was arrested by the Soviet authorities in 1941. She and her mother were banished to a North Siberian kolkhoz. In 1944 she became ill with tuberculosis, thus getting a permit to move to a town Kamsk. In 1946, however, she was condemned to 5 years imprisonment and in 1951 had her passport confiscated. After her father’s rehabilitation, in 1957, she returned to Riga. In 1973 her dream finally came true and she succeeded in getting to Israel with her family.

Born in 1913, in Petersburg, he joined the Amal movement, which was part of Beitar Ha-Shachar in Lithuania, eventually becoming the movement’s leader. Elected, in 1934, as secretary of Keren Tel-Hai in Lithuania, he was arrested in 1941 by the Soviet authorities for his Zionist activities and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment, followed by 12 years exile. Released in 1960, he finally got permission to leave for Israel in 1969.

Born in 1921 in Poland, he was a member of Ha-Shomer Ha-Tsair from his early youth. From 1934 till 1939 he was one of the local branch leaders but in 1941 was arrested, accused of Zionism and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment. Released in 1948, he succeeded in getting to Israel only in 1979. Died in 1988.

Born in 1914 in Talasi, he was active in Beitar from 1929 to 1940. Arrested in 1941 he was accused of Zionist activity and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment which he served in Urallag. Exiled to Krasnojarsk after his release in 1951, he was freed in 1956 and continued his struggle to get a visa for Israel. He finally succeeded in 1971. Died in 1983.

Born in 1907 in Markoleshti, Bessarabia, he joined Beitar at an early age and was one of the main Movement activists in the town. He organized local branches in neigbouring towns and was in group of Zionist activists and distributors of Jewish culture who were preparing to get to Erest Israel. Arrested in 1941as a result of his Zionist activities, he was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in North Siberia. Released in 1952, he finally got to Israel in 1978. Died in 1991.

Born in 1921 in Moscow to a Zionist family, which moved to Riga in1924, he joined Beitar at a young age and was one of the more active members of movement, following as he did in his farher's footsteps. In 1941 the whole family was banished to Siberia. Accused of organising Zionist movements in Tomsk in 1953, which was considered to be high treason, he was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment in Tajshet camp. Released in 1956, he finally reached Israel in 1973.

Born in 1921 in Domabrovni, Bessarabia, he was a member of the “Gordonia” leadership and also a member of the “He-Chaluts” center in Romania. Sent by “He Chaluts” from Bucharest to the USSR during the Soviet occupation to help organize the illegal emigration movement, he was arrested in 1941 and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment to be followed by 5 years exile to Siberia (Irkutsk & Krasnojarsk). Released in 1956, it took him till 1972 to emigrate to Israel.

Born in 1901 in Vilna, Lithuania, he became chairman of the “Ha-Tschar” movement in Inuva for several years and was a local Beitar commander. In 1941 was arrested, accused of Zionist activity and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment in the Siberian labour camps. Released in 1959, he continued his struggle to get a visa for Israel. He finally succeeded in 1971. Died in 1985.

Born in 1904 in Bessarabia, he joined “Tsairei Zion” at an early age, was one the organizers of Maccabi and was an activist in Keren Kayemet in the Kishinev region. While preparing for getting to Erets Israel from Romania, he was accused of high treason in 1941 and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment followed 8 years exile.He served his sentence in Krasnojarsk and the Ivdelsk labour camps. Freed in 1957, it took him till 1972 to get to Israel.