Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

1080p 128 min 2015 Published on, 1 year ago

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The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, the banality of evil, in her 1963 book on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann (1906-62), held in Israel in 1961, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine.

Country

Canada

Genre

Documentary History

Released

30 Jun, 2015

Main Cast

Adolf Hitler , Hermann Göring , Adolf Eichmann , Judith Butler , Aharon Appelfeld

Supporting Cast

Roger Errera , Hannah Arendt

holocaust (shoah) jew persecution nuremberg trials holocaust (shoah) survivor adolf eichmann's trial philosopher european history female writer nazi war criminal