Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Isa Abkin was born, 1895 to Solomon. She was a housewife and married to Grigori. Prior to WWII she lived in Smolensk, Russia (USSR). During the war she was in Novy Buyan,Kuybyshev,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Isa 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.