Lisa Fittko
1909–2005
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- writer
Lisa Fittko (born Elizabeth Eckstein, Hungarian: Eckstein (Ekstein) Erzsébet; 1909 â March 12, 2005) helped many escape from Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Gurs internment campDates unknown
Biography
Lisa Fittko (born Elizabeth Eckstein, Hungarian: Eckstein (Ekstein) Erzsébet; 1909 â March 12, 2005) helped many escape from Nazi-occupied France during World War II. The author of two memoirs about wartime Europe, Fittko is also known for her assisting German philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin in getting out of France to escape the Nazis in 1940.
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