Etty Hillesum
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Jewish diarist (1914-1943)
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Etty Hillesum, born Esther Hillesum on 15 January 1914 in Middelburg, was a Dutch writer, diarist, teacher, and biographer. A member of the Jewish people, she held citizenship in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and wrote in her native language, Dutch. Her unmarried partner was Julius Spier.
Hillesum died on 30 November 1943 at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp in Auschwitz, Oświęcim. She was detained at Auschwitz and the Westerbork Transit Camp and is recognized as a Holocaust victim. Her works, including *Het verstoorde leven*, are held in the collection of the Dutch Resistance Museum, which also houses her archives.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 15 January 1914
- Died
- 30 November 1943
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Comme la vie est belle pourtant
- Nos passos de Etty Hillesum
- Het verstoorde leven
- En compañía de Etty Hillesum
- El cor pensant dels barracons
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Esther
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Middelburg
- Place of death
- Oświęcim
- Occupation
- biographer
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Image
- EttyHillesum.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1914-01-15
- date of death
- 1943-11-30
- Commons category
- Etty Hillesum
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- place of detention
- Westerbork Transit Camp
- subject has role
- Holocaust victim
- has works in the collection
- Dutch Resistance Museum
- archives at
- Dutch Resistance Museum
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