MBT was born in Mezirich, Ukraine in 1934 and raised in Belfort, France. His parents were of Polish origin and secular. The first years of his childhood were happy and unremarkable. Since his parents were busy with work he was raised mostly by his older sister. At the outbreak of the Second World War the family fled to Rennes to live with relatives. Until 1942 MBT barely felt the effects of the war but in July 1943 MBT's parents and sister were arrested and deported. MBT was left behind with a Jewish family in since he was not on the deportation list. Sometime later MBT was taken to Paris and placed in a children's home run by a Jewish organization. MBT was sent to live with a non-Jewish foster family in Versailles, but fearing that he was about to be reported fled back to Paris. During 1943-44 he was ferried between foster homes, the home of relatives and the children's home in Paris. In the spring of 1944 MBT was living with a non-Jewish foster family in Dieppe and working on their farm when the Americans arrived. He remained there until his uncle Emile came to claim him in January 1945. Emile had escaped from a concentration camp and hid in a peasant's atic. MBT returned to his home in Belfort, where he lived with Emile, his wife and his two children. Since they were unable to control MBT or his temper tantrums he was sent to an institution near Fontainbleau where he first encountered Zionism and became a member of Hashomer HaTzair and Dror youth movements. ; MBT's family wanted him to learn a trade but while studying in a boarding school in Strasbourg, he decided to make Aliyah. Although his family opposed the idea, MBT left for Israel aged 15 as part of a Youth Aliyah group sailing from Marseille. Upon arrival in Haifa, he was sent to an absorption center in Kiryat Shmuel until being sent to Kibbutz Sde Nahum. He served in the IDF and settled on Kibbutz Ruhama. MBT worked in various positions, including as shepherd and cowman, and was involved in many social, political and work-related conflicts. In 1956 MBT married Yaffa and his only daughter Iris was born in 1957. MBT worked as a reporter for Al HaMIshmar for some time. In 1969 MBT and his family left the kibbutz, settling first in Mikveh Israel where MBT worked in the Agricultural School and then in Nahalat Yehuda. MBT later studied business administration. On a mission to Africa MBT had a mental breakdown and sought psychological help. In 1982, he made a trip to France with his daughter and revisited the places of his childhood. For most of his life MBT felt isolated from the past. However, since 1982 he has sought to discover every detail of his life story and now feels alienated from his family. He is disappointed that Iris is not more interested in his story.