Etty Hillesum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Etty Hillesum

Jewish diarist

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1914

Place of Birth: Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 30-Nov-1943

Profession: writer, teacher, biographer, diarist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Esther "Etty" Hillesum (15 January 1914 – 30 November 1943) was the Dutch 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 killed in Auschwitz concentration camp.