Thank you so much for sharing this extraordinary essay by Baron Wormser that breathes, dances, grieves, and questions somehow, miraculously, from within the extraordinary mind, heart, and body of Hannah Arendt. It's a must read for the ages, and especially today, the anniversary of Arendt's death in 1975 in her New York City apartment at the age of 69. A Jew who fled Nazi Germany when she was 27 and became a U.S. citizen in 1951, Arendt saw America as the last best hope for humanity in an age of genocide when the “banality of evil” often goes undetected until it is too late. Her words, and Wormser's essay, have new meaning in our brave, new America. Once again, thank you Best American Essays for sharing it with the world.
Thank you so much for sharing this extraordinary essay by Baron Wormser that breathes, dances, grieves, and questions somehow, miraculously, from within the extraordinary mind, heart, and body of Hannah Arendt. It's a must read for the ages, and especially today, the anniversary of Arendt's death in 1975 in her New York City apartment at the age of 69. A Jew who fled Nazi Germany when she was 27 and became a U.S. citizen in 1951, Arendt saw America as the last best hope for humanity in an age of genocide when the “banality of evil” often goes undetected until it is too late. Her words, and Wormser's essay, have new meaning in our brave, new America. Once again, thank you Best American Essays for sharing it with the world.