Yvette Lundy

Yvette Lundy (22 April 1916 – 3 November 2019) was a French resistance fighter during the French Resistance of World War II. She provided the inspiration for the character of Mademoiselle Lise Lundi in the 2009 film Korkoro, written and directed by Tony Gatlif. she was the youngest of seven siblings in a family of agricultural workers originating from the Reims area. In 1938 she began working as a teacher at Gionges, and as secretary to the mayor there. they both survived, but her other brother, Georges, did not and was murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. for her family's sake.

At the age of 101, she was awarded the honour of Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur. She died on 3 November 2019 at Epernay, aged 103.