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Deborah Lifchitz

Polish-French ethnologist and linguist, expert on Ethiopian languages and cultures
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Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[22]
Date of birth
June 5, 1907
Date of death
October 1942
Place of birth
Kharkiv
Place of death
Auschwitz
Country of citizenship
France, Russian Empire, Second Polish Republic[8][9][10]
Ethnic group
Jewish people[11]
Occupation
linguist, ethnologist, Ethiopist
Employer
Musée de l'Homme, École nationale des langues orientales vivantes[14][15]
Field of work
Ethiopian Semitic, magic and religion[12][13]
Educated at
Lycée Français de Varsovie, École nationale des langues orientales vivantes, Faculty of Arts of Paris, École pratique des hautes études[16][17][18][19]
Student of
Marcel Cohen[28]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French, Polish, Russian, Amharic, Yiddish[30][31][32][33][34]
Family name
Lifchitz, Lifszyc, Lifschitz, Livchitz[23][24][25][26]
Given name
Deborah[27]
Member of
French Resistance, Réseau du musée de l'Homme[20][21]
Participant in
Mission Dakar-Djibouti[29]
Place of detention
Auschwitz, Drancy concentration camp[35][36]
🏷️ Also known as
en Déborah Lifchitz en Deborah Lifschitz en Deborah Livchitz en Deborah Lifszyc en Deborah Lifchitz cs Deborah Lifchitzová cs Deborah Lifszycová de Deborah Lifszyc de Déborah Lifchitz fr Deborah Lifschitz fr Deborah Lifszyc fr Désirée Lifchitz he דבורה ליפשיץ ru Дебора Лифшиц ru Лифшиц, Дебора uk Дебора Ліфшиц
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
000000011766336X
VIAF cluster ID
61678264
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2005074162
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Deborah Lifchitz.jpg ↗
Beta maṣāḥǝft ID
PRS6310Lifchitz
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12946675t
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11370321
DUC ID
deborah-lifchitz
FAST ID
1624368
FranceArchives agent ID
19011413
Freebase ID
/m/0gwzyzw
IdRef ID
034006265
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J9U entity ID
987007295136005171
KBR person ID
14492790
LibraryThing author ID
lifchitzdeborah
NUKAT ID
n2006143842
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000551507
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069907757, 320917274
Open Library ID
OL11842820A
Parsifal cluster ID
162797
Persée author ID
77337
Prabook ID
2381556
Propylaeum-VITAE ID
14999
RERO ID (legacy)
A000105259
SBN author ID
LIGV026609
SHARE Catalogue author ID
659482
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10881237
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/207972
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwmXFyGVPYTpxGWmFjpyd
Yale LUX ID
person/b6cef117-f350-49c3-b910-82ba3b802c67

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Languages spoken, written or signed 4
French, Russian, Polish, Yiddish
Country of citizenship 3
France, Russian Empire, Second Polish Republic
Occupation 2
linguist, ethnologist
Place of detention 2
Auschwitz, Drancy concentration camp
Educated at 1
École pratique des hautes études
Employer 1
Musée de l'Homme
Ethnic group 1
Jewish people
Field of work 1
Ethiopian Semitic
Given name 1
Deborah
Instance of 1
human
Member of 1
French Resistance
Place of birth 1
Kharkiv
Place of death 1
Auschwitz
Sex or gender 1
female
Student of 1
Marcel Cohen
Teachers 1
Marcel Cohen
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Summary

Deborah Lifchitz was born on June 5, 1907[1], in Kharkiv[2]. She died in October 1942[3] in Auschwitz[4]. She worked as a linguist[5], ethnologist[6], and Ethiopist[7].

FAQs

Where was Deborah Lifchitz born?

Deborah Lifchitz's place of birth was Kharkiv[2].

Where did Deborah Lifchitz die?

Deborah Lifchitz died in Auschwitz[4].

What did Deborah Lifchitz do for work?

Deborah Lifchitz worked as a linguist[5], ethnologist[6], and Ethiopist[7].

Where did Deborah Lifchitz go to school?

Deborah Lifchitz was educated at Lycée Français de Varsovie[16], École nationale des langues orientales vivantes[17], Faculty of Arts of Paris[18], and École pratique des hautes études[19].

Related Entities

France Russian Empire Second Polish Republic

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [4] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [16] ↑ . naissanceethnologie.fr. naissanceethnologie.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . naissanceethnologie.fr. naissanceethnologie.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . naissanceethnologie.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [5] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [11] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . journals.openedition.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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