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6 Bibliography. “The thinking heart of the barracks,” as Etty (Esther) Hillesum signed an entry in her diary, was born on January 15, 1914, in Middelburg, the Netherlands. Written between 1941 and 1943, this diary is the only extant source for knowing her thoughts and personality.
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Etty Hillesum began writing her diary in March 1941, possibly at the suggestion of her analyst Julius Spier, [3]: 89 whom she had been consulting for a month. Although his patient, Etty also became his secretary, friend, and, eventually, his lover.
Following a discussion about Christ and the Jews, she wrote: Two philosophies, sharply defined, brilliantly presented, rounded off; defended with passion and vigour.
Sep 29, 2018 · Patrick Woodhouse in his 2009 biography-cum-hagiography, Etty Hillesum: A Life Transformed, does this with considerable insight. Etty (Esther) was born into what Woodhouse terms “a dysfunctional” and “deeply disturbed family” on January 15, 1914, in the town of Middelburg.
- Patrick Wolfe
Etty Hillesum’s diaries and letters were first published in English in 1983. Her writing has been embraced across the religious spectrum; her universal messages of love of humanity and God, and of acceptance of suffering, have particularly resonated with Christian and Buddhist readers.
Nov 19, 2020 · Hillesum’s contemplative being-in-love with God is intimately connected to her love and care for others in a dire moment of history. I focus here on three dimensions of the habit of charity: (1) her concrete care for the victims of Nazi violence; (2) her return of good for evil; and (3) her embodied transformation of eros into agape.
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Nov 21, 2020 · Hillesum wrote of physical pain in her body, of the pain of impotence when observing the pain of others, and she wrote of the exponential growth of suffering amid the meaninglessness of war. These same realities endure today and even increase.
