The diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum (1914—1943) have a special place among the Jewish-Dutch testimonies of the Shoah, so much so that Etty Hillesum studies has become its own field. This book offers the most important contributions from the past fifteen years of international research into Hillesum’s work and life, studying her ethical, philosophical, spiritual, and literary existential search.

Contributions by: Marja Clement, Lotte Bergen, Meins Coetsier, Janny Molen, Piet Schrijver, Yukiko Yokohata, Alexandra Nagel, Ellen Vandewalle, Denise DeCosta, Hans Krabbendam, Patricia Couto, Thali Gur-Klein, Yves Beriault, Mary Evans, Ronald Commers, Anna Aluffi Pentini