Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Asya Kirzh was born, 1938 to Khaim and Zoya. She was a dependant and child. Prior to WWII she lived in Yanovo, Ukraine (USSR). During the war she was in Astrakhan, Russia (USSR). Asya 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.