Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Yankel Khayet was born, 1892 to Srol. He was a tanner and married to Rakhil. Prior to WWII he lived in Vileyka, Poland. During the war he was in Kovylkino,Mordovskaya ASSR,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Yankel 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.