Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Riva Goldkina was born, 1923 to Iosif and Mara. Prior to WWII she lived in Novokovno, Ukraine (USSR). During the war she was in Baltser, Russia (USSR). Riva 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.