Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Sura Abidor was born to Shimo. She was a seamstress and married to Itya. Prior to WWII she lived in Kirovograd, Ukraine (USSR). During the war she was in Leskenskiy,Kabardino Balkarskaya ASSR,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Sura 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.