In Defense of HANNAH ARENDT

Our columnist shows from literature how powerful the German language can be. Episode 117: Hannah Arendt writes (nearly) to Martin Heidegger.

In Defense of HANNAH ARENDT

I never expected to see any Margarethe von Trotta movie more than once, but  Hannah Arendt proved to be well worth a second look. Some of my reasons for going back are undoubtedly personal; Arendt’s husband, Heinrich Blücher, astutely played in the film by Axel Milberg, is by far the greatest teacher I’ve ever had, two of whose seminars at Bard College I was fortunate to take, and Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem, the main focus of the film, appea…