Title: An Interrupted Life (The Diaries Of Etty Hillesum 1941-43), by Etty Hillesum
When I first read it: in the mid 80s and in stops and starts throughout my 20s and 30s
Hillesum's diaries witness her journey on a spiritual path interwoven with the treads of social turmoil and terror of the Nazi invasion and occupation of the Netherlands during WWII.
This book, as well as Oliver Messiaen's Quartet For The End Of Time, gave me a sliver of understanding of how humans can survive such atrocities.
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