Hannah Arendt’s Hidden Genius

The philosopher has advice for building a shared world. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. In 1933, a few months after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, a 26-year-old Jewish woman headed to the Prussian State Library in Berlin. Her goal: to compile clippings from newspapers, journals, and speeches to show how common antisemitism had become in Germany. The information—which was illegal to gather—would then be sent to the Zionist Congress that summer in Prague. Want to see more of The Dispatch in Google search? Add Us as a Preferred Source Suzanna Murawski is an assistant editor at Washington Post Opinions. More We Think You’d Like