Member Information

First Name

Etty

Last Name

Hillesum

Nickname

Etty Hillesum

Bio

Esther “Etty” Hillesum (15 January 1914 – 30 November 1943) was the Dutch author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of Jewish people in Amsterdam during the German occupation.

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