Tag #142521 - Interview #91884 (Leonid Aptekar)

There were no pogroms that had overwhelmed Ukraine during the revolution and the Civil War [5] in Skvira where Jewish self-defense units [6] were formed. Their leader was local Jew Meyer Treletskiy. He was a fearless and smart man. People feared and liked him. He did not look heroic whatsoever: he was short and fat. It was thanks to his efforts that the situation in Skvira was calm and quiet through this period. The flocks and Denikin [7] troops preferred to pass by the town.