Gotthard Glas was born in Weimar, Germany. When the Nazis came to power in 1933 he moved first to the United Kingdom and later, in 1936, to Kibbutz, Yagur in the British Mandate of Palestine where he changed his name to Uziel Gal. In 1943, he was arrested for illegally carrying a gun and sentenced to six years in prison. However, he was pardoned and released in 1946, serving less than half of his sentence.
Honestly, it's way funnier that his German name was Gotthard.
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