Germaine Tillion
Born in Allègre, Haute-Loire, france — May 30 1907• Died Apr 19 2007
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Germaine Tillion, born on May 30, 1907 in Allègre in Haute-Loire, is an emblematic figure of the French Resistance, ethnologist and writer. She devoted her life to the fight against oppression and the defense of human rights. Germaine Tillion is the daughter of a magistrate and a publisher. She studied ethnology under Marcel Mauss and Louis Massignon at the Collège de France. Her first research took her to Algeria, where she studied Berber societies. During the Second World War, Tillion joined the French Resistance. She was arrested in 1942 and deporte…
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It Was the War of Algeria
Self - Ethnologist (voice) (archive footage)
Un Combat Singulier
Self
Sisters in Resistance
Self
À Propos De... L'autre Détail
Self
Mauss, Segundo Suas Alunas
Self