Deborah Lifchitz

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Deborah Lifchitz was a French-Jewish expert on

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Deborah (Desirée) Lifchitz (at times spelled Lifschitz, Lifszyc or Livchitz) was born in

museums. Deborah Lifchitz wrote one book and several articles, which are still considered milestones in the research of Ethiopian languages. She received her French nationality in 1937. When the . In February 1942, she was arrested by the French police, taken to French concentration camp, and from there to Auschwitz where she was murdered later that year. According to the testimony of Marcel Cohen she was gassed. During her studies and work at the Musée de l'Homme, Deborah Lifchitz studied and collaborated with the greatest anthropologists and Africanists in Paris of the day, among them Michel Leiris, Wolf Leslau, Marcel Griaule, Marcel Mauss, Marcel Cohen, Paul Boyer, Paul Rivet, Georges Dumézil, Denise Paulme, with whom she wrote many articles, and more.

References

• Marianne Lemaire, Celles qui passent sans se rallier : la mission Paulme-Lifchitz, janvier-octobre 1935. Paris : LAHIC / DPRPS-Direction des patrimoines, 2014. Les Carnets de Bérose, 5. Édition électronique consultable par le lien : http://www.berose.fr/spip.php?article595

External links

• Biography of Deborah Lifchitz on Encyclopedia Aethiopica, pages 567-8.