Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Gersh Girsh was born, 1883 to Aba. He was a farm manager and married to Frida nee Bessel. Prior to WWII he lived in Novo Kovno, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in Dobrinka Nemtsev Povolzhya ASSR, Russia (USSR). Gersh 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.