Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Anya Goldberg was born to Izrail. Prior to WWII she lived in Velikiye Luki, Russia (USSR). During the war she was in Balezino, Russia (USSR). Anya was registered following the evacuation/ in the interior of the Soviet Union.
Documentation regarding damage to property and human life of evacuees to Balezino from various places, collected by the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, 09/1944
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.