Etty HillesumFor the first time, Etty Hillesum's diary and letters appear together to give us the fullest possible portrait of this extraordinary woman in the midst of World War II. In the darkest years of Nazi occupation and genocide, Etty Hillesum remained a celebrant of life whose lucid intelligence, sympathy, and almost impossible gallantry were themselves a form of inner resistance. The adult counterpart to Anne Frank, Hillesum testifies to the possibility of awareness and compassion in the face of the most devastating challenge to one's humanity. She died at Auschwitz in 1943 at the age of twenty-nine. |
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User Review - KaleidoSoul - LibraryThingPower insight into one woman's experience of the Holocaust from a spiritual point of view. There is much to feed on here regarding how we are living our lives and appreciating what we have. Cannot recommend this highly enough. Read full review
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User Review - allenkeith - LibraryThingThis writing is the diary of Etty Hillesum, who perished in Auschwitz on Tuesday, November 30, 1943 at the age of 29. She records her experience from Sunday, March 9, 1941 to Wednesday, September 15 ... Read full review
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Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork Etty Hillesum No preview available - 1996 |
Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork Etty Hillesum No preview available - 1996 |
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| Title | Etty Hillesum |
| Author | Etty Hillesum |
| Contributor | Eva Hoffman |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0805050876, 9780805050875 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Historical Biography & Autobiography / Jewish History / Holocaust Literary Collections / Diaries & Journals |
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