Question: Facts: - death place: mont valerien - caption: boris vilde - death date: 23 february 1942 - birth date: 25 june 1908 - image size: 150px - image: vilde 2.jpg - birth place: st. petersburg , russia - occupation: linguist and ethnologist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of boris vilde .
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boris vilde -lrb- 25 june old style/8 july 1908 - 23 february 1942 -rrb- was a linguist and ethnographer at the musee de l'homme , in paris , france .he specialised in polar civilizations .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 .vilde was active in the french resistance during world war ii .during the resistance he led the scientists and lawyers of the groupe du musee de l'homme in producing an anti-nazi and vichy newspaper , called '' resistance '' .the group , one of the first resistance 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 , together with leon-maurice nordmann , georges ithier , jules andrieu , rene senechal , pierre walter and anatole lewitsky , on 23 february 1942 at fort mont-valerien .they are buried in the cemetery at ivry-sur-seine .boris vilde last words before being executed by the nazis were : : '' i love france .i love this beautiful country .yes , i know it can be small-minded , selfish , politically rotten and a victim of its old glory , but with all these faults it remains enormously human and will not sacrifice its stature . ''