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Rebecca Hillesum

This character is Etty's mother.

Louis Hillesum

This character is Etty's father.

Julius Spier

This character was a chirologist and psychoanalyst who treated Etty Hillesum.

Max Osias Kormann

This character was a close friend of Etty Hillesum. The two met after Etty arrived at Westerbork.

Mischa Hillesum

This character is a brilliant and creative young man. He gains some notoriety before the war because of his talent as a pianist.

Jaap Hillesum

This character, Etty's older brother, was a studious young man with a history of emotional disturbance.

Maria Tuinzing

This character was a nurse and a close friend of Etty Hillesum.

Han Wegerif

This character was Etty's landlord in the house on the Gabriel Metustraat in Amsterdam.

Rainer Maria Rilke

This character was a well-known German poet and intellectual.

Dr. Herbert Kruskal

This character was a medical doctor and an acquaintance of Etty Hillesum.

Jopie Smelik

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