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Ester "Etty" Hillesum (b. January 14, 1914 in Hilversum, The Netherlands – d. November 30, 1943 in Auschwitz, Poland) was a young Jewish woman who kept a diary during World War II. January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Hilversum is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands. ...
The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ...
November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ...
1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...
Auschwitz, in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of Oświęcim, by Nazi Germany during World War II. Rarely, it may refer to the Polish town of Oświęcim (called by the Germans Auschwitz) itself. ...
The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...
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Etty was born to a Dutch father and mother of Russian descent. She spent her early youth with her parents and two brothers in the Dutch towns of Middelburg and Hilversum. A father is traditionally the male parent of a child. ...
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Hilversum is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands. ...
In 1924, she and her family moved to Deventer, where her father lectured in classical literature and later acquired a position as headmaster. In 1932 she began law studies in Amsterdam, earning her degree. Because of her maternal roots, she also studied Slavic languages, as well as psychology. Knowledge was admired in her family and she is said to have cut back on food in order to buy books. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Deventer is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel on the east bank of the IJssel river. ...
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Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Coordinates 52°22′N 4°54′E Website www. ...
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In March 1941, nearly a year after the beginning of the German occupation, she began a diary and in July 1942 she volunteered to work at Westerbork internment camp to help the Jews interned there. She was not interned there herself though, and she traveled between Amsterdam and Westerbork. She was permitted to travel freely as she was a member of the Dutch Jewish council, her primary reason for aiding Jews. While working there she wrote many letters and entries in her diary. March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Occupation may refer to: the principal activity (job or calling) that earns money for a person (see profession, business) the periods of time following a nations territory invasion by controlling enemy troops (see belligerent occupation) any activity that occupies an important portion of a persons attention (see fan...
A diary is a book for writing discrete entries arranged by date. ...
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Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Coordinates 52°22′N 4°54′E Website www. ...
This article deals with the Jewish Councils that were active during the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II. Shortly after the Germans occupied the Netherlands, they realised that the Jewish question needed to be dealt with as soon as possible, before they could organise a capable resistance. ...
In October 1942 she stopped writing in her diary. Some months later her travel permits were withdrawn and both she, her family and those she tried to help were summarily intered in the camp. In September 7, 1943 Etty, her family and some 900 other prisoners were transported to Auschwitz. She was killed there on November 30 later the same year. This article is about the year. ...
September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ...
1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...
Auschwitz is the name loosely used to identify three main Nazi German concentration camps and 45-50 sub-camps. ...
November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ...
Etty's diary and most of her letters were saved and published after the war. Her letters to friends and family deal mostly with her views on the treatment of Jews, her experiences in Westerbork and everyday life for a Jewish girl in the occupied country.
Her diary deals more with her personal development and how she experienced God. Her views on the Jewish faith and the events of World War II are considered unique and unconventional. God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being ascribed by monotheistic religions to be the creator, ruler and/or the sum total of, existence. ...
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A monument to her is located in Deventer on the riverfront and the local secondary school is named after her. There is also a modest museum dedicated to her. Secondary school may refer to Secondary school in the United Kingdom, is the general term for the schools for children between the ages of eleven and eighteen in most areas (a few areas have schools for 13-18 year olds instead, and these are called upper schools). ...
A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ...
A few translated quotes from her diary:
March 15 1941. "Even if there is only one decent German, they would deserve to be protected from the barbarian rabble and for that one German's sake one should not pour out one's hatred for the entire people."
April 30 1942. "Never resign, never flee. Better to cope with it all, to suffer. It's not so bad but never, ever resignation."
June 17 1942. "If one finds the strength to deal with small things, one finds it to deal with the large ones as well."
October 13 1942. "One should want to be a band aid on many wounds." Typical sticking plaster conditionnig Reverse of a sticking plaster Opened sticking plaster, showing the non-adhesive absorbent pad and adhesive A sticking plaster (called an adhesive bandage in the United States) is a small medical dressing, used for injuries not serious enough to require a bandage. ...
See also
Rainer Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926) is generally considered the German languages greatest 20th century poet. ...
Polyamory is the practice or lifestyle of being part of more than one long-term, intimate, and, often, sexual loving relationship at the same time, with the full knowledge and consent of all partners involved. ...
External links - Article on Etty Hillesum as well as camp Westerbork. In Dutch.
- Museum information in the Dutch language
- Tolerant School Organization
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