Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Vera Chertkova was born, 1926 to Veniamin and Klara. She was an uchashchayasya and child. Prior to WWII she lived in Nova Odesa, Ukraine (USSR). During the war she was in Derbent,Dagestanskaya ASSR,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Vera 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.