Iofan Ioel Abramovich (1914, Riga) - labourer.
Ioel Iofan was the son of Abram Iofan (1879 – 1929) and Leah Iofan (1884 – 1941, Riga). He completed eight classes at a Jewish secondary school in 1931.
From 1931 to 1940 he worked at various Riga enterprises: the mechanical plant “Ressord”, the timbersawing factory “Lemiko”, the Baltic wallpaper factory, the bicycle works “Lipertha”, and in the workshops of commission agents Zaidel and Levin at the Riga Central Market. In 1936–37 he served in the Latvian army.
During 1941–44 Ioel Iofan was a private in the Soviet Army, taking part in combat near Narofominsk as a member of the Latvian Division. In 1944 the military tribunal of the 291st Rifle Division sentenced him under article 5810, part 2 of the RSFSR Criminal Code to ten years’ imprisonment and five years of loss of civil rights. After serving his sentence, he returned to Latvia in 1954.
From 1954 to 1960 he worked as a press operator at the industrial combine of the Riga district; from 1960 to 1964 he was a press operator at the Riga Children’s Toy Factory; and from 1964 onward he held the same post at the maritime club “DOSAAF”.
His marriage to Roha (Raya) Iofan (Zvik/Foss) (1913, Ventspils) ended in the 1960s. With his second wife, MeriaIofan (Kotler/Herman) (1928, Riga), he had a daughter, Lia Iofan (1959, Riga). He also adopted his first wife’s children from her previous marriage, Anatoly Herman (1947, Riga) and Isaak Herman (1951, Riga).
His mother and sister Ida Iofan (… – 1941, Riga), perished in the Holocaust. His brother and sister, Arye Iofan (1911, Riga) and Egudit Oren (Iofan) (1909, Riga), emigrated to what is now the State of Israel in the 1930s.
In 1956 Iofan submitted his first emigration request to Israel. The family received permission to leave only in 1969. During the 1970s he lived in TelAviv and worked as a paramedic.
Iofan Abram (1879 – 1929) - father
Iofan Leah (1884 – 1941, Riga) - mother
Iofan Ida (… - 1941) - sister
Iofan Arye (1911, Riga) - brother
Oren (Iofan) Egudit (1909, Riga) - sister
Reshina (Iofan) Malka (1907, Riga) - sister
Iofan (Zvik/Foss) Roha (Raya) (1913, Ventspils)– first wife
Iofan (Kotler/Herman) Meria (1928, Riga) – second wife
Herman Anatoly (1947, Riga) – stepson
Herman Isaak (1951, Riga) – stepson
Iofan Lia (1959, Riga) – daughter