Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Maria Akonnik nee Geukherova was born, 1914 to David and Pesya. She was a teacher and married to Khuna. Prior to WWII she lived in Kakhovka, Ukraine (USSR). During the war she was in Dobrinka Nemtsev Povolzhya ASSR,Nemtsev Povolzhya ASSR,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Maria 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.