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Madlia Arie (1916)

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SurnameMadlia
NameArie
Birth year1916
Birth placeRiga
SexM

Madlia Arie (1916, Riga) — Prisoner of Zion.

In 1928 Arie Madlia joined the Betar organization. From 1935 until the Soviet occupation in 1940, he served as head of a department of the youth division of Betar in Latvia and Estonia. In June 1941 he was arrested by the Soviet authorities on charges of Zionist activity and sentenced to six years of imprisonment. He was released in 1947, but in 1949 was arrested again and exiled to lifelong banishment in Siberia. He served his sentence in the camps of Solikamsk, Usolsk, Mamlyutka, and others. He returned from exile in 1955, and in 1972 emigrated to Israel.

Source: http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/soviet_jews_exodus/POZ_s/POZ-41-4.shtml