Was Registered Following the Evacuation/ in the Interior of the Soviet Union
Zelman Libin was born, 1883 to Leyb. He was a store manager. Prior to WWII he lived in Artemovsk, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in Prokhladny,Kabardino Balkarskaya ASSR,Russia (USSR), Russia (USSR). Zelman 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.