Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Menerko Beletzki was born, 1882 to Abram. He was an obrubshchik and married to Reyzel. Prior to WWII he lived in Zolotonosha, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in Stepnoye,Ordzhonikidzevskiy Kray,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Menerko 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.