A village rebuilt, but the houses look much the same...

We have little idea what Lenin looked like in 1909 on the eve of Jacob Ulevich's departure for America. Or how the village appeared before WWII.

Lenin was destroyed in the war. Most Lenin Jews, and many gentiles, were killed.

Here Bronislava Danilevich stands before her wood house in Lenin. Most village dwellings are built in a style common before WWII.

The town was called Lenin long before the Russian revolution. Townspeople say Lenin was named for the daughter of a local landlord, Lena.