Lisa Fittko

Hungarian resistance fighter · 1909–2005

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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.

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Talks · 24 Sept 2020Arendt and Heidegger: the destruction of thought

1:33:55Saved more than a hundred people, in contrast with Arendt.