Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Menya Gorshkud was born, 1898 to Khaim. She was an accountant. Prior to WWII she lived in Chuguyev, Ukraine (USSR). During the war she was in Butki, Russia (USSR). Menya 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.