Dov Schperling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dov Schperling

Zionist pioneer and prisoner of Zion.

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1937

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia

Date of Death: 05-Mar-2014

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Dov Schperling (Hebrew: ?? ????????, or Boris Shperling); (17 December 1937 – 5 Mar 2014) was a Zionist activist and leader who was amongst the first Jews to immigrate from the Soviet Union to Israel.
He began his Zionist advocacy during the reign of the communists in the Soviet Union, when such activity was illegal, and as a consequence was imprisoned in a Russian gulag for two years.
After his released, he emigrated to Israel, there he continued his struggle for the freedom of Soviet Jews.
He was a member of the Herut right wing party and was a delegate of the Jewish Agency to Austria.