Anita Waingort Novinsky, Brazilian historian, graduated in Philosophy (1956) and PhD in History, both from the University of São Paulo (USP), specialized in the Portuguese Inquisition in Brazil, in the customs of crypto-Jews (Jews who practiced their faith and their customs in secret, for fear of religious persecution, while publicly practicing another religion) in this country and in the revival of their Jewish consciousness, 200 years after the end of the Inquisition in Brazil. Born in Stachow, Poland, Novinsky emigrated with his family at the age of one to Brazil. Specialized in Psychology by the University of São Paulo (USP) in 1958, she qualified in Racism in the Iberian World by the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in 1977. She obtained her doctorate in Social History from the University of São Paulo (USP) in 1970 and after -doctorate from the University of Paris I in 1983. She was the founder and president of the Intolerance Studies Laboratory at USP, and participated in the elaboration of the Portal Rumo Tolerância, awarded as one of the best sites on Human Rights in 2006. The Federal Rural University of Pernambuco has a chair that bears his name since 2015, belonging to the Department of Social Sciences. Novinsky is considered an authority on the subject of the Inquisition. In 2013, the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development awarded Novinsky the distinction of Pioneer of Science in Brazil in honor of its trajectory as a researcher. She is currently a Free Lecturer at the University of São Paulo and a Consultant to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Acting mainly on the following themes: Colonial Brazil, New Christian, History, Inquisition, History of Brazil, Holocaust and Identity.