“HIAS myStory Immigration Project-The Generations Project The “Generations Project” was created to collect the immigration stories from two or more generations within the same family that have emigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States. It brings together the...”

“When my family comes together for holidays and birthdays, they always end up talking about their life in Kiev. I was born in the United States; their memories feel like stories to me. But I love hearing their stories of my parent’s childhood. My parents both lived in Kiev,...”

“My grandmother’s story is both tragic and amazing. The trials she went through reflect the reality of Jewish life in the Soviet Union. Every ill that a Jew in that time could have experienced befell her family with crushing force. Elena Markovna Leikina was born at the end...”