Ilya Yoffe papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ilya Yoffe
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Ilya Yoffe.
Scope and Content
The photographs depict the donor's family before World War II, Dr. Gershon Grisha Yoffe [donor's brother] who fell in action in 1941, and the donor during his military service in the Soviet Red Army during and after the war. The papers also include a letter written by Dr. Grisha Woffe two months before being killed in action, a diploma from medical school issued to Dr. Grisha Yoffe in Voronezh, Russia, and a memorial pamphlet in which the donor's brother is mentioned.
People
- Yoffe family.
- Yoffe, Gershon Grisha.
- Yoffe, Ilya.
Subjects
- Soldiers' writings, Soviet.
- World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union--Personal narratives.
- Military personnel--Soviet--1940-1950.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
- Letters.
- Diplomas.
- Pamphlets.