Etty Hillesum
This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (December 2012) Etty Hillesum Born Esther Hillesum (1914-01-15)15 January 1914 Middelburg, Netherlands Died 30 November 1943(1943-11-30) (aged 29) Auschwitz, Poland Nationality Dutch Ethnicity Jewish Occupation Writer Notes She wrote a diary before her stay and letters during her stay in camp Westerbork Esther "Etty" Hillesum (15 January 1914 – 30 November 1943) was a Jewish woman whose letters and diaries, kept between 1941 and 1943, describe life in Amsterdam during the German occupation. They were published posthumously in 1981.