Tag #142525 - Interview #91884 (Leonid Aptekar)

A number of wealthier Jews moved to America after the NEP was over. They understood it was not safe for them to stay since the NKVD [9] expropriated their property at best and at worst they might be executed. These immigrants purchased land near New York and founded the town of New Scriba: it forms a part of New York state now. During perestroika [10] their descendants visited Skvira to take a look at the place where their ancestors had lived.