Yechezkel Feiter, Zionist leader who spent four years in Rumanian prisons, arrived here among some 45 immigrants from Communist countries who came by plane and ship.
Mr. Feiter, former head of the Transylvanian Zionist Organization, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment in 1951 by a Rumanian military court. He was released last December after having spent four years in prison. He arrived here accompanied by his wife.
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