Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Iosif Arbetman was born in Novograd Volynskiy, Ukraine (USSR), 1895 to Azriel Izrail and Rukhl. He was married to Pirl nee Greys. Prior to WWII he lived in Novograd Volynskiy, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in Novograd Volynskiy, Ukraine (USSR). Iosif 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.