An interrupted life : the diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941–1943
"Etty Hillesum is thoroughly recognizable. Independent, 'liberated' in the modern sense, sophisticated, she lives with friends in a communal household, studies psychology and literature, has lovers, sees an analyst. Jewish by birth, she feels no strong religious affiliation. She could be any contemporary twenty-seven-year-old woman, but in fact Etty Hillesum lived in Amsterdam and kept her journals ...