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Etty Hillesum

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The Resume

    (June 2, 1914-November 30, 1943)
    Subject of biography 'Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life'
    Of Dutch and Russian descent
    Camp typist and Jewish Council Member at Westerbork concentration camp in the Netherlands
    Gassed by the Nazis at Auschwitz, Poland

Why she might be annoying:

    She smoked.
    She had ample opportunities to escape from her concentration camp, but refused help.
    Her spirituality may actually have been craziness.
    Her diaries and letters have been overshadowed by her fellow countrywoman, Anne Frank.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She wanted to be a witness to Nazi atrocities.
    While at the camp in the Netherlands, she underwent enormous spiritual growth.
    She refused to hate her oppressors.
    She threw a postcard from the train that would take her to the gas chambers at Auschwitz that simply stated, 'we left the camp singing.'
    A school and museum are named after her.

Credit: Xer


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 41 Votes: 43.90% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 52 Votes: 34.62% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 106 Votes: 50.94% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 139 Votes: 42.45% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 133 Votes: 46.62% Annoying