Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Rivka Goldenpen was born in Pyatigory, Ukraine (USSR), 1900 to Avrum. She was a housewife and single. Prior to WWII she lived in Pyatigory, Ukraine (USSR). During the war she was in Andizhan, Uzbekistan (USSR). Rivka 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.