Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Zoya Astanovskaya was born, 1926 to Lazar and Nina. She was child. Prior to WWII she lived in Velikiye Luki, Russia (USSR). During the war she was in Zubova Polyana,Mordovskaya ASSR,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Zoya 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.