Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Mintza Manya Boym was born in Kupel, Ukraine (USSR), 1916 to Bentzel and Elka. She was a hospital worker and married to Barukh Boris. Prior to WWII she lived in Kupel, Ukraine (USSR). During the war she was in Araslanovo, Russia (USSR). Mintza Manya 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.