Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Motel Melamed was born, 1881 to Nakhman. He was a shoemaker and married to Khaya. Prior to WWII he lived in Korosten, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in Fort Shevchenko, Kazakhstan (USSR). Motel 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.