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> In 1938, with the Nazi threat growing stronger, Theremin returned to Russia. He expected to send for his wife a few weeks after his arrival. Unfortunately, th
by fortythirteen 9y ago
> In 1938, with the Nazi threat growing stronger, Theremin returned to Russia. He expected to send for his wife a few weeks after his arrival. Unfortunately, that wasn’t to be the case. Léon and Lavinia never saw each other again.
I was always under the impression he was abducted from his home in NY and sent back. At least, that was the story told in Theramin, An Electronic Odyssey[0].
[0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAOpVAHwLic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAOpVAHwLic