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February 21st, 2026











Etty Hillesum 



Etty found God while keeping her distance from the tenets of any religion. Following a discussion about Christ and the Jews, she wrote:
Two philosophies, sharply defined, brilliantly presented, rounded off; defended with passion and vigour. But I can’t help feeling that every hotly championed philosophy hides a little lie. That it must fall short of ‘the truth’. And yet I myself will have to find a philosophy to live by, a fenced-in space of my own, violently seized and passionately defended. But then wouldn’t that be giving life short change? 

The alternative may well be floundering in  uncertainty and chaos. 

(30 November 1941) 
Westerbork Detention Center 



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