Lasker and his wife Martha , who were both Jewish , were forced to leave Germany in the same year . After a short stay in England , in 1935 they were invited to live in the USSR by Nikolai Krylenko , the Commissar of Justice who was responsible for the Moscow show trials and , in his other capacity as Sports Minister , was an enthusiastic supporter of chess .
Lasker and his wife Martha , who were both Jewish , left Germany the same year.p268 p218 After a stay in England , in 1935 they were invited to live in the USSR by Nikolai Krylenko , the Commissar of Justice responsible for the Moscow show trials and also Sports Minister .