Let there be light

My mother’s family left Odessa Russia and came to the USA in 1894. They settled in South Dakota.
Several relatives stayed behind and perished under Stalin.
A link to a video about those who stayed behind in what is now Ukraine.
Ourfamily has several letters sent to my grandmother requesting money in 1933.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TyXHaNWaaM