He was a human rights activist, a member of French Resistance and a lawyer engaged in politics.
[1][2] His father Yankel was born in Zhitomir in Ukraine, at the time in Russia;[3] and his mother Rebecca was Romanian.
On 20 August 1941 he was arrested by French police and was imprisoned at the Camp Drancy until 14 September 1942.
He also joined the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) to take part in the fight for the liberation of Normandy.
[4] Under his leadership, the League provided the right to vote in local elections for non-EU foreign residents.