An Interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941-1943; and Letters from Westerbork

by Etty Hillesum, Eva Hoffman

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For the first time, Etty Hillesum's diary and letters appear together to give us the fullest possible portrait of this extraordinary woman. 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.

Book Details

ISBN13	9780805050875
ISBN10	0805050876
Series/Work	OL3236104W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	Owl Books
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

Biography Correspondence Ethnic relations Genocide Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst00958866 Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), personal narratives Jewish Personal narratives Jewish women Jews Jews, biography Jews, netherlands Netherlands, social conditions Personal narratives Personal narratives, Jewish Westerbork (Concentration camp) Women, biography World War, 1939-1945 World war, 1939-1945, netherlands World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, dutch

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