Yvette Lundy
Yvette Lundy | |
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Epernay, France | |
| Nationality | French |
Yvette Lundy (22 April 1916 – 3 November 2019) was a French
Early life
She was born on 22 April 1916 in Oger, France;[2] she was the youngest of seven siblings[1][3] in a family of agricultural workers originating from the Reims area.[4] In 1938 she began working as a teacher at Gionges, and as secretary to the mayor there.[5][6] During May 1940, as the Battle of France began, she fled the area, but returned two months later.[4]
Wartime activities
As a Resistance worker in occupied France, Lundy began supplying forged official documents to escapees from the camp at Bazancourt and to Jewish families.[4][5] She assisted the Communist Marcel Nautré,[4] and others involved in the Possum network,[3] in avoiding detection by the authorities, as well as providing shelter at her brother Georges' farm for Free French fighters parachuted into the region.[3][6]
Lundy was arrested on 19 June 1944 in her classroom at Gionges and was interrogated by the
Yvette Lundy was freed from Schlieben by the
Post-war
Lundy remained silent about her war experiences until 1959,[3][6] for her family's sake.[6] After that date, she began going into schools to share her testimony.[3][6] Her visits proved extremely popular with pupils.[8]
Lundy's memoir Le Fil de l'araignée (
At the age of 101, she was awarded the honour of Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur.[6][8] She died on 3 November 2019 at
References
- ^ a b "Yvette Lundy, 101 ans et toujours résistante". L'Express (in French). 19 May 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Yvette Lundy, résistante who helped the Possum escape network but was incarcerated at Ravensbrück – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Willsher, Kim (4 November 2019). "Yvette Lundy, French resistance heroine, dies aged 103". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Yvette Lundy, déportée à Ravensbrück, une grande figure de la Résistance marnaise". cndp.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Turpin, Eric (3 November 2019). "Mort d'Yvette Lundy, à l'âge de 103 ans, une grande figure de la résistance". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Yvette Lundy, figure de la Résistance, est morte". Le Monde (in French). Le Monde and AFP. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Un Français Libre parmi 53321". Les Français Libres. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Yvette Lundy, 101 ans et toujours résistante". La Croix (in French). 19 May 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Le Fil de l'araignée". Les Editions Border Line (in French). Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "'Great lady of the French Resistance' dies at 103". BBC News. 3 November 2019.
