Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Arnold Kompaniyetz was born in Pologi, Ukraine (USSR), 1929 to Semen Solomon and Zelda nee Margolit. He was child. Prior to WWII he lived in Pologi, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in Dzhambul, Kazakhstan (USSR). Arnold 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.