Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Sarra Pinkhasova nee Ashurova was born in Cherkessk, Russia (USSR), 1916 to Kirey. She was married to Semyon. Prior to WWII she lived in Cherkessk, Russia (USSR). During the war she was in Cherkessk, Russia (USSR). Sarra 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.