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Etty Hillesum

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Etty Hillesum · Arts & Literature

What

Etty Hillesum’s diary, which she kept between 1941 and 1943, is the only extant source about her.

When

15 January 1914

Biography

Etty Hillesum is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Etty Hillesum’s diary, which she kept between 1941 and 1943, is the only extant source about her.

How & why

Etty Hillesum’s diary, which she kept between 1941 and 1943, is the only extant source about her. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Hanan Frenk, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Hanan Frenk

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Etty Hillesum’s diary, which she kept between 1941 and 1943, is the only extant source about her.

1914

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Hanan Frenk