August Kruger News Today

I had no idea the history of the names of our towns and villages would create such a response from you, my readers.

I had no idea the history of the names of our towns and villages would create such a response from you, my readers.

I had no idea the history of the names of our towns and villages would create such a response from you, my readers.

I had no idea the history of the names of our towns and villages would create such a response from you, my readers.

I had no idea the history of the names of our towns and villages would create such a response from you, my readers.

I had no idea the history of the names of our towns and villages would create such a response from you, my readers.

I had no idea the history of the names of our towns and villages would create such a response from you, my readers.

Article content While ethnic expulsion wasn’t an official declaration in Russia, Poland and Ukraine in the late 1800s, Jewish families were realizing a not-so-subtle push to relieve them of their livelihood. Samuel Levy was a shop keeper who found he had no source of supplies. Simon Henerofsky, a carpenter, was unable to even buy a new hammer or nails.  David Korman, a dairy farmer, was helpless as the Russian soldiers took away his cows, leaving him with no source of income. Isaac Gurevitch...