Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Khaya Ratinova was born, 1906 to Isav. She was a signaller / postal/telecommunications worker. Prior to WWII she lived in Novy Bug, Ukraine (USSR). During the war she was in Apollonskiy,Ordzhonikidzevskiy Kray,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Khaya 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.