i know grandma gert's mother's name was meri mordejovich.nd as far as our family knows, she and the other jews in ilya were rounded up and murdered during the holocaust. i want to find out exactly what happened to my great-grandmother's family. and if possible, if there is a final resting place, i want to see if i can find it. and i still want to know more about yuri. what became of him? i think that's the question. narrator: lisa is traveling to ilya, her great-grandmother's village near minsk, which is now in belarus. she's meeting tamara vershitskaya, a noted jewish historian and the curator of the museum of history and jewish resistance. - lisa? - yes. - nice to meet you. my name is tamara. - tamara, hi. - hi. thank you. - it will be amazing if i can find any documentation. i'm worried that records were either lost or destroyed in the war. narrator: minsk, the capital of belarus, is about 40 miles southeast of ilya. before world war ii, communities like ilya had strong jewish roots going back hundreds of years, but world war ii forever c