Etty Hillesum

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1914 – 1943

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Who was Etty Hillesum?

Esther "Etty" Hillesum was a young Jewish woman whose letters and diaries, kept between 1941 and 1943, describe life in Amsterdam during the German occupation. They were published posthumously in 1981.

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Born
Jan 15, 1914
Middelburg
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • Netherlands
Profession
Education
  • Universiteit van Amsterdam
Lived in
  • Deventer
Died
Nov 30, 1943
Auschwitz concentration camp

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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