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Etty Hillesum

1914 - 1943

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Esther "Etty" Hillesum (15 January 1914 – 30 November 1943) was a Dutch Jewish author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of Jewish people in Amsterdam during the German occupation. In 1943, she was deported and murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Etty Hillesum is the 917th most popular writer (down from 902nd in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 136th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Writer.

Etty Hillesum was a Dutch Jew who spent the last two years of her life in hiding in Nazi-occupied Holland. She wrote a diary that was published after her death, and it is now considered a classic of Holocaust literature.

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Among writers, Etty Hillesum ranks 917 out of 7,302. Before her are Pierre-Jean de Béranger, H. Rider Haggard, Italo Svevo, Mercè Rodoreda, MacKenzie Scott, and Ida Tarbell. After her are Christopher Tolkien, Joseph Campbell, Rubén Darío, Artemidorus, John Jacob Astor IV, and Kurt Eisner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Etty Hillesum ranks 40. Before her are Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Arthur Kennedy, Boris Christoff, Philippe Ariès, Gino Bartali, and Vincent J. McMahon. After her are Jonas Salk, Renato Dulbecco, Agostino Casaroli, Robert Wise, Norman Borlaug, and Max Manus. Among people deceased in 1943, Etty Hillesum ranks 30. Before her are Max Wertheimer, Max Reinhardt, Julius Fučík, Beatrice Webb, Jean Moulin, and Gustav Vigeland. After her are Otto Jespersen, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, Hans Scholl, Mordechai Anielewicz, Aurel Stein, and Oskar Schlemmer.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Etty Hillesum ranks 138 out of 1,646. Before her are Pier Gerlofs Donia (1480), Bertha of Holland (1055), Ruud Krol (1949), Edwin van der Sar (1970), Louise of the Netherlands (1828), and Adriaen van Ostade (1610). After her are Gabriël Metsu (1629), Willem Janszoon (1570), Tom Gehrels (1925), Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), Wim Kok (1938), and Ferdinand Bol (1616).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Etty Hillesum ranks 5. Before her are Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Thomas Bernhard (1931), Multatuli (1820), and Harry Mulisch (1927). After her are Robert van Gulik (1910), Constantijn Huygens (1596), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Dick Bruna (1927), Isaac Titsingh (1745), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), and Cornelis Tromp (1629).

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