Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Dvira Altshuler nee Goldman was born in Zimovishchi, Belorussia (USSR) to Velvel and Khana. She was a housewife and a widow of Mirl. Prior to WWII she lived in Mozyr, Belorussia (USSR). During the war she was in Mozyr, Belorussia (USSR). Dvira 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.