"Our Relatives -The Persecuted," addresses some factors which encouraged the German migration to Russia in the early nineteenth century. However, it primary focuses on some historical background of twentieth century Russia and the tyranny that existed during that era. Compelling revelations are made of the egregious injustice inflicted by the travesty of a corrupt judicial system. The names of 4700 Ethnic Germans who were arrested in the Odessa jurisdiction and individual arrest records for many of the authors relatives who had the misfortunate of living in Russia during the 1930s and 1940s are included in the book. The documentation for the book was retrieved from authenticated KGB records of the Odessa region Department which currently are retained in the archives of the Ukrainian Security Service Administration for the Odessa region (USBU).