Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Gersha Shepten was born, 1875 to Mikhail. He was married to Dunya. Prior to WWII he lived in Slavyansk, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in Rtishchevo, Russia (USSR). Gersha 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.