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Born October 14, 1906 • Hannover • Germany
Died December 4, 1975 (aged 69) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Between Past and Future” • “Crises of the Republic” • “Eichmann in Jerusalem” • “Men in Dark Times” • “On Revolution” • “On Violence” • “Origins of Totalitarianism” • “The Human Condition”
Subjects Of Study Adolf Eichmann • anti-Semitism • totalitarianism • trial

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