Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Anna Gershkovich was born, 1897 to Naum. She was a shop assistant and married to Samuil. Prior to WWII she lived in Tsyurupinsk, Ukraine (USSR). During the war she was in Ivanovskiy Krasnodar Kray,Krasnodar Kray,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Anna 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.