Hannah Arendt
(1906-1975)

German-American Political Philosopher

birthdate: October 14
birthplace: Hannover, East Prussia (Germany)

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Hannah Arendt was a political philosopher who wrote about political events of the day throughout her life. Questioned by the Gestapo for researching anti-Semitism in the early 1930s in Germany, she fled to France where she helped other Jewish refugees. After escaping from a prison camp and avoiding being sent to an extermination camp, she fled to the United States where she worked as a journalist and writer. She went on to write numerous books and articles dealing with the the nature of power, politics, freedom, authority and totalitarianism, earning an international reputation as one of the leading political philosophers of her time.