Hannah Arendt, author portrait
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Hannah Arendt

HANNAH ARENDT was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1906, fled to Paris in 1933, and came to the United States after the outbreak of World War II. She was the editorial director of Schocken Books from 1946 to 1948. She taught at Berkeley, Princeton, the University of Chicago, and The New School for Social Research. Among her other books are The Human Condition, On Revolution, and The Life of the Mind. She died in 1975.
Thinking Without a Banister
Eichmann in Jerusalem

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Thinking Without a Banister
Eichmann in Jerusalem

Get Inspired! Books for After-School Clubs & Activities

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