Bessarabia Governorate
Born to Jewish parents in Leova, Izmailsky Uyezd, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire, he left Romania for Belgium in 1928 to devote himself entirely to his passion for sculpture and drawing. After completing his military service back home, he returned to Liège and registered at the "Académie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville", where he was awarded first prize for statuary art in 1933.