Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Fanya Kheyfitz was born, 1876 to Salomon and Ester. She was a vrach laborant and married to Moisey. Prior to WWII she lived in Nalchik, Russia (USSR). During the war she was in Achinsk, Russia (USSR). Fanya 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.