Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Anatoliy Kolesnik was born, 1939 to Nikifor and Etya. He was child. Prior to WWII he lived in Pokrovskoye, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in Olkhovka,Stalingrad,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Anatoliy 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.