Lisa Fittko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lisa Fittko

Hungarian resistance fighter

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1909

Place of Birth: Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 12-Mar-2005

Profession: writer

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Lisa Fittko (born Elizabeth Eckstein, Hungarian: Eckstein (Ekstein) Erzsébet; 1909 – 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.