Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Yefim Achik was born, 1868 to David. He was married to Geter. Prior to WWII he lived in Smolensk, Russia (USSR). During the war he was in Sverdlovsk, Russia (USSR). Yefim was registered following the evacuation/ in the interior of the Soviet Union.
Following the Nazi onslaught on 22 June 1941, about one and a half million Jewish residents of the Soviet Union were evacuated or fled to the interior of the country. They had to leave everything behind and find refuge in difficult conditions of food scarcity, harsh weather and disease.