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Etty Hillesum
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Etty Hillesum, from the cover of the 2002 edition of her diaries
Born Esther Hillesum
January 15, 1914(1914-01-15)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died November 30, 1943(1943-11-30) (aged 29)
Gro?-Rosen/Auschwitz
Poland
Nationality Dutch
Ethnicity Jewish
Occupation Writer

Esther "Etty" Hillesum (15 January 1914 in Middelburg, Netherlands – 30 November 1943 in Auschwitz, Poland) 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, before being translated into English in 1983.

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