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On 14 December 1938, Calabresi was declared unqualified to teach in state universities because of her Jewish race. She had a chance to flee Italy for
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from 1918 to 1921. In 1924 she obtained a teaching diploma and taught in the same university. In the academic years 1936-37 and 1937-38 she held the chair of
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extermination camp, she committed suicide by swallowing poison that she had been carrying with her for some time. She died during the night between 19 and 20 January 1944.
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recognized her for her being the “author of the earliest modern reviews of the Somali herpetofauna”, but spelled her name as "Enrico".
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