Avri was an only child. His father was a lawyer and the family was learned and assimilated. Avri was a member of “Hashomer Hatzair” from 1939. He moved to Budapest in 1941. Within the framework of the movement Avri was a member of the “Hebrew Circle” whose members’ ambition was to speak Hebrew only. He was a highly cultivated man and possessed leadership skills. He excelled in the field of music as well. In 1942 with the arrival of refugees from Slovakia, Avri was among the firstto engage in helping them. He was caught with three comrades and sent to the Garany detention camp. Eventually there were fifteen “Hashomer Hatzair” activists in this camp.
Avri made aliya in 1946 and was a member of the “Ehad BeMay” garin within whose framework he stayed in Kibbutz Ma’anit and Kibbutz Yassur. During the War of Independence he enlisted in the Hagana. He was sent to escort convoys in the North and to bring the illegal immigrants from the ships to the shore. He fought in various places in the North. He fell in the “Yehiam Convoy” on 27.3.1948 with 46 of his friends as a soldier in battalion 21 of the Carmeli brigade.
