Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler ( June 20 , 1959 &ndash; June 1 , 2009 ) was a Brazilian professor of German studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro . Patrik von zur Mühlen described her as the foremost specialist on German language writers and editors exiled in Brazil during the Nazi-era . From 1998 , she was editor-in-chief of '' forum deutsch , Revista Brasileira de Estudos Germânicos '' , a publication of the Association of Professors of German of Rio de Janeiro . She was among 228 passengers aboard Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil to Paris , France , which disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009 . Her family donated her library of exile-related materials to the Casa Stefan Zweig in Brazil
Air France Flight 447
Air France Flight 447
Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler