Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Iosif Chervontzev was born, 1897 to Mark. He was a physician and married to Sofia. Prior to WWII he lived in Lozovaya, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in Kamyshin, Russia (USSR). Iosif 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.