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The Debré Family

דברה

(Debré (Robert))

Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Debré lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.

Famille rabbinique alsacienne. Robert Debré, fils du grand rabbin Simon Debré, fut le fondateur de la pédiatrie moderne en France et du premier centre de l'OMS; père du Premier ministre Michel Debré.

Geographic origin: France

A book yet to be written

The Great Book of the Debré lineage has not yet been written.

Claude Opus 4.8 will compose an original work from archival items in the corpus that mention this lineage, in-depth web research, and family contributions already submitted. The work will comprise approximately 30 to 40 pages — introduction, 5 to 7 chapters, conclusion — and will be automatically enriched with each new contribution.

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Variants of the name (7)

One name, a hundred faces.

The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.

Latin4

DebreDébréDebré (Robert)Debret

עברית · Hebrew1

דברה

العربية · Arabic1

دوبريه

Кириллица · Cyrillic1

Дебре

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Notable figures

1.
Michel Debré
homme d'État français
2.
Simon Debré
rabbin français
3.
Robert Debré
Fondateur de la pédiatrie française

In memory

The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Debré.

Search “Debré” on Yad Vashem

The search is performed directly in the Yad Vashem archives; Zakhor neither copies nor retains any personal data. The presence or absence of a name in the database is not exhaustive. Learn more

Works & texts (2)

Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.

1910

Catéchisme à l'usage de la jeunesse israélite

Simon Debré

Livre (catéchisme) de Simon Debré. (1910)

1933

L'humour judéo-alsacien

Simon Debré

Livre de Simon Debré. (1933)

Notable figures of the lineage

Robert Debré

1882–1978

Simon Debré

1854–1939

Michel Debré

מישל דברה

1912–1996

Diaspora regions

FranceFrance (Alsace)

The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Debré give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

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Recorded burials

Debre Blanche

Cimetière israélite de Strasbourg · Strasbourg

Debre Maurice

Cimetière israélite de Strasbourg · Strasbourg

DEBRE Germain

Père-Lachaise — anciens enclos israélites (7e et 87e divisions) · Paris

DEBRE Simon

Père-Lachaise — anciens enclos israélites (7e et 87e divisions) · Paris

Debré Amélie