Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Gela Altgauzen was born, 1897 to Matvey. She was a housewife and married to Aleksandr. Prior to WWII she lived in Gulyay Pole, Ukraine (USSR). During the war she was in Mikhaylovka Stalingrad,Stalingrad,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Gela 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.