Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Khana Melnik was born to Gersh. Prior to WWII she lived in Velikiye Luki, Russia (USSR). During the war she was in Votkinsk, Russia (USSR). Khana was registered following the evacuation/ in the interior of the Soviet Union.
Reports, including names of Jews evacuated to Votkinsk from various places, submitted to the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, 09/1944; includes itemization of property damage
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.