Ioffe Markus Yakovlevich (1927, Riga – unknown)

During the Second World War, Markus Ioffe was evacuated to Uzbekistan, where he worked as a mechanic. In 1945, he returned to Riga and worked as a toolmaker at the Riga Carriage Works. In 1946, he got a job as a toolmaker at the Stars factory. In 1946, he enrolled in the Mechanical Faculty of the Riga Polytechnic. From 1948 to 1951, he served in the Soviet Army as a gun commander in the Baltic Military District. From 1951 to 1954, he worked as a toolmaker at the Riga Carriage Works. From 1954 to 1958, he worked as a toolmaker at various enterprises in Riga: the Sedlinieks, Metallist, and Elektro artels. From 1958 to 1960, he worked as a senior foreman at the Draudzība artel. From 1960 to 1963, he was a foreman at the Experimental Mechanical Plant of the UMH SNH LSSR. From 1962 to 1963, he was a leading design engineer at the PKB UMMP SNH LSSR. From 1963 to 1965, he worked as chief designer at the Kvele factory. From 1965 to 1966, he was head of the design bureau at the Straume factory. From 1966, he worked at the Riga Jewellery Factory.