Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Grisha Gershl London was born in Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine (USSR), 1884 to Bentzion. He was a photographer and married to Khana Anna nee Nemirovskaya. Prior to WWII he lived in Kiev, Ukraine (USSR). Grisha Gershl 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.