Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Esfira Astanevskaya was born, 1938 to Yakov and Basya. She was child. Prior to WWII she lived in Sebezh, Russia (USSR). During the war she was in Tonshayevo,Gorkiy,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Esfira 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.