“Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world.”

Etty Hillesum

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About Etty Hillesum

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Esther "Etty" Hillesum was a Dutch Jewish author who documented her spiritual awakening and the increasing persecution of Jews in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation. Her diaries and letters, compiled in the book "An...

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