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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.
Nov 21, 2020 · Etty Hillesum was an eyewitness to the rupture of society and the collapse of all that seemed consolidated in the Western world, and especially in Europe. 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.
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.
Explicit in both its expression of sexuality and profession of faith, Hillesum’s diary reflects a mature, nonconformist Dutch woman attempting to grapple with the changing landscape of her internal and external worlds.
Jun 25, 2010 · In 1940, when she was 26, she became acquainted with Julius Spier, ( referred to in the diaries as “S.”), a German Jewish immigrant in Amsterdam, who had studied with C-G Jung and practiced chirology – a method of establishing medical diagnosis principally from the lines in the hand.
Nov 21, 2020 · This contribution explores how Hillesum wrestled with and deepened into three key elements of individuation: linking with primal sources, genuine interpersonal encounter, and acknowledging pauses. A discussion of the risks of psychological projection in relationship to Etty Hillesum is included.
Nov 21, 2020 · Etty Hillesum died at Auschwitz-Birkenau 75 years ago. Some 40 years later when her work was published, it was immediately perceived as a vivid and direct testimony to the tragedy that took place in Europe during World War II.
