Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Ester Malka Bykov was born in Tetiyev, Ukraine (USSR), 1880 to Yoine and Roza. She was a housewife and married to Yankel. Prior to WWII she lived in Tetiyev, Ukraine (USSR). During the war she was in Mirzachul, Uzbekistan (USSR). Ester Malka 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.