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An Interrupted Life the Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-43
An Interrupted Life the Diaries of Etty Hillesum 194143 Author:Etty Hillesum "I want to be sent to every one of the camps. I want to be there at every front, I don't ever want to be what they call 'safe'..." Those haunting words were written by Etty Hillesum, a young Jewish woman who died at Auschwitz in November, 1943, at the age of twenty nine. Composed during the last two years of her life, but only recently discovere... more »d, her diaries reveal the gradual transformation of an independent woman preoccupied with worldly pleasures into a vibrant, brave one of new spiritual depth. Forty years later, out of the tragedy of the Holocaust, Etty Hillesum's radiant voice returns to illuminate our lives.« less