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Who is Rainer Maria Rilke from An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943 and what is their importance?
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Rainer was a well-known German poet and intellectual. Hillesum was especially drawn to Rainer's work and references to Rilke appear quite frequently in Hillesum's writings.
An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943