Yvette Lundy (22 April 1916 – 3 November 2019) was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. She was the inspiration for the character of "Mademoiselle Lise Lundi" in the 2009 movie Korkoro. She was born at Oger, Marne.

Career

In 1938 she began working as a teacher at Gionges. During May 1940, as the Battle of France began, she fled the area, but returned two months later. Lundy was arrested on 19 June 1944 in her classroom at Gionges and was interrogated by the Gestapo and was sent to jail. Lundy was freed from Schlieben by the Red Army on 20 April 1945.

Yvette Lundy

Lundy's memoir, Le Fil de l'araignée, co-written with Laurence Barbarot-Boisson, was published in 2012.

Yvette Lundy

In April 2016, Lundy turned 100. She died on 3 November 2019 at the age of 103.

Yvette Lundy

References

1916 births

2019 deaths

French centenarians

French writers

Holocaust survivors

People from Marne