Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Berko Bershteyn was born, 1929 to Leyb. He was an uchashchayasya and child. Prior to WWII he lived in Chongar, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in Trunovskoye, Russia (USSR). Berko 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.