Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Yakov Abir was born, 1890 to Lazar. He was a shoemaker and married to Anna. Prior to WWII he lived in Rudnya, Russia (USSR). During the war he was in Kochkurovo,Mordovskaya ASSR,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Yakov 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.