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Ukraine's Jews Especially Worried Over Tensions

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Now that Crimea has voted to join Russia, there is fear that the rest of Ukraine will also fall under Russian control.

That's especially true in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, where 11,000 Jews were rounded up and shot by Nazi occupiers in 1941. People there have the fear of war again as Russian troops mass on Ukraine's border.

David Filipov of The Boston Globe has been writing about this and joins Here & Now's Robin Young with details.

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This segment aired on March 17, 2014.

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