Hedwig Fechheimer

Hedwig Jenny Fechheimer née Brühl also known as Hedwig Simon (1 June 1871 – 31 August 1942) was a German art historian and Egyptologist. She wrote two books on Egyptian sculpture ''Die Plastik der Aegypter'' (1914) and ''Kleinplastik der Ägypter'' (1921). She committed suicide in 1942 to avoid being sent to a concentration camp by the Nazi government. Provided by Wikipedia