Vilʹde, Boris Vladimirovich, 1908-1942

found: Raĭt-Kovaleva, R. Chelovek iz Muzei︠a︡ cheloveka, 1982:t.p. (...Borise Vilʹde) verso t.p. (hero of French Resistance against Fascism) p. 145 (Boris Vladimirovich Vilʹde; became French citizen in 1936)

found: Trost der Philosophie, 2012:title page (Boris Vildé) jacket (Boris Vildé (1908-1942), Russian-French anthropologist and linguist; helped produce Résistance magazine; killed by firing squad in Feb. 1942 after months of detention)

found: Wikipedia, Apr. 10, 2013(Boris Vildé (25 June Old Style/8 July 1908 - 23 February 1942) was a linguist and ethnographer at the Musée de l'Homme, in Paris, France. He was born in St. Petersburg into a family of Eastern orthodox Russians. His family moved to Tartu, Estonia in 1919. He studied at the University of Tartu, before moving to France. Vildé was active in the French Resistance during World War II. During the resistance he led the scientists and lawyers of the Groupe du musée de l'Homme in producing an anti-Nazi and Vichy newspaper, called Résistance. The group, one of the first résistance units, was infiltrated by a Vichy supporter and as a result most of them were arrested, tried and the men among them sentenced to death. He was killed by firing squad ... on 23 February 1942 at Fort Mont-Valérien.)