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Hannah Arendt 1906 - 19751906: Hannah Arendt was born on October 14th in Hannover, Germany to Paul and Martha Arendt1 1910: Moves to Königsberg, Germany with her family2 1913: Educations and Family Attends Szittnick School and receives religious instruction from Rabbi Vogelstein3 Her father dies of syphilis4 Her mother takes her to Berlin for ten months in order to avoid German and Russian battles in Königsberg5 1916- 1917 : Hannah Arendt suffers from a series of illnesses, including diphtheria 6 1920: She moves in with her mother’s new husband, Martin Beerwald, and his daughters, Clara and Eva7 Hannah Arendt ,eets Ernst Grumach, whose friendship directs her to a lifelong companionship with Anne Mendelssohn8 1924 Arbitur and University: She passes the college entrance examination and receives her Arbitur, one year ahead of her classmates9 She attends Marburg University and studies under the tutelage of Martin Heidegger10 She tudies theology on account of meeting and reading the works of Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard11 1925: Meetings with philosophers and writes autobiography Hannah Arendt engages in a secret, year-long love affair with Heidegger12 Meets Günther Stern and wins his affections as she assists him with his doctoral dissertation13 Befriends lifelong friend and philosopher, Hans Jonas14 Returns to Königsberg in the summer, where she writes her autobiography, “The Shadows”15 1926: Continues studies in philosophy Attends the University of Heidelberg in order to avoid writing her doctoral dissertation with Heidegger16 Hannah Arendt studies under German philosopher Edmund Husserl in Freiburg for an academic semester17 Studies philosophy under Karl Jaspers and politics under Kurt Blumenfeld, who further influenced her desire to advocate on behalf the Jews18 1927: Engages in a brief affair that evolves into a lifelong friendship with Erwin Lowewenson, “an essayist and writer of the Expressionist school”19 1928: Hannah Arendt receives her Doctorate20 1929: Dissertation publication and marriage Publishes her dissertation on love, Der Liebesbegriff bei Augustin21 Moves to Berlin and then to a city near Potsdam with Stern, whom she marries in September of the same year22 1931-1932: Develops her mind both politically and historically, especially in discussion with Blumenfeld and other Zionists23 1933: Political action, arrest and flight Lends her home as a refuge for people escaping Hitler’s regime, while Stern flees to Paris on account of his desire to support the Communist cause and need to flee from the German military police24 Arrested for attempting to collect information, on behalf of the Zionists, at the Prussian State Library in order to “show the extent of anti-Semitic action”25 in various agencies and societies; she was released after eight days in jail26 Flees, with her mother, to Prague, then to Geneva, and finally to Paris, where she rejoins her husband after she ensures her mother’s safe return to Königsberg27 1933-1941: Engages in political activity, arrest, no longer has citizenship28 1935-1939: Takes up employment at the Agriculture et Artisanat and then at the Youth Aliyah, both which are for the development of Palestinians29 1936- 1946: Concerns herself with the emancipation of the Jews and other aspects of the Jewish Question30 1936: Meets Heinrich Blücher, “a Communist [who] had fled from Berlin by way of Prague in 1934”31 1937: Hannah Arendt divorces Günther Stern32 1938: Works for the Jewish Agency, which advocated on behalf of Austrians and Czechoslovakians refugees33 1940: Marries Heinrich Blücher in January34 Sent to an internment camp in Gurs, France with other Jews, and remains there for the duration of the summer months35 1941: Emigrates to New York City in the United States with Blücher36 Befriends Jewish scholar, Salo Baron37 1941-1945: Works as a journalist, a position she often used to voice her opinions on the politics of the time, for a German-language newspaper called Aufbau38 Attends a conference where she and Joseph Maier are disheartened by their own ill-treatment by the security guards who demand that they produce their identification and especially by the discussion at the conference concerning the need for a Jewish state in Palestine39 1942: Teaches a Modern European History course at Brooklyn College during the summer session40 1944: Befriends Mary McCarthy41 1945: Works closely with Karl Jaspers42 1944-1952: Serves as director (1944-48) and then executive director (1948-52) to the Commission on European Jewish Cultural Reconstruction43 1946-1948: Serves as Chief Editor at Salman Schocken’s, Schocken Books44 Befriends poet, Randall Jarrell45 1948: A series of falling outs with some of her friends begin; one was with Mary McCarthy, who she reconciled with several years later46 1949:Reunites with Heidegger, who she calls a “philosopher’s philosopher,”47 and remains in contact with him481949-1950:Spends some time traveling in Europe during this time as well as in 1952 and 1956 49 1950's Hannah Arendt directs her attention from “historical studies to political philosophy…for theoretical reasons…[and] in response to what she observed in Europe”50 1951: Citizenship and publications: Granted United States citizenship51 Publishes The Origins of Totalitarianism, which proposes, among other things, that the “Nazi regime and Stalin’s regime were essentially the same form of government”52 1953:Becomes the first woman to attend and deliver an address at Christian Gauss Lectures at Princeton University, New Jersey53 1954: Gives a lecture, Philosophy and Politics, at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana54 and addresses the American Political Science Association55 1955: Teaches courses, including a graduate seminar- European Political theory, as a Visiting Professor at University of California, Berkeley56 1957: Publications Publishes Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess, a biography that, in the process of writing, provoked much introspection 57 Publishes an article, “Reflections of Little Rock,” which she wrote on behalf of “all oppressed and underprivileged people,”58 that sparks political and personal debate59 1958-1962: Publishes The Human Condition, a discourse on the “human activities of labor, work, and action”60 , Between Past and Future61 and On Revolution62 1959-61: Visiting Professor at Princeton University, New Jersey, Columbia University, New York City, and Northwestern University, Illinois63 1961-62: Chairperson of the Spanish Refugee Aid64 1963: Publication and family matters Publishes Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. Hannah Arendt called Eichman a “bureaucratic murderer”65 Arendt’s husband falls ill66 Publishes On Revolution67 1963-1971: Distinguishes herself as an essayist with such essays as “Trust and Politics,” “Reflections on Violence,” and “Civil Disobedience”68 1963-1967: Professor at the University of Chicago69 1967: Receives Sigmund Freud Prize of the German Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung701967-1975: Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Research in New York City71 1969: Receives Emerson-Thoreau Medal Award of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences72 1970: Heinrich Blücher dies of a heart attack on the 4th of November73 1973 :Attends the Gifford Lectures in Scotland, England74; Receives honorary degrees from Dartmouth College, Fordham University, and Princeton University75 1975: Receives the Sonning Prize for Contributions to European Civilization in Copenhagen, Germany76 Hannah Arendt dies of a heart attack on the 4th of December77 Additional information can be found at the Jewish virtual Library works at: Hannah Arendt endnotes: 1. Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, Hannah Arendt: For Love of the World (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982), 13. 2. Ibid., 16. - 3. Ibid.,9. - 4. Ibid.,3, 19-20. - 5. Ibid., 21. - 6. Ibid., 24.7. Ibid., 28. - 8. Ibid.,29. - 9. Ibid.,35. - 10. Ibid., 3. - 11. Ibid., 36.12. Ibid.,50.- 13. Ibid.,60. 14. Ibid. - 15. Ibid., 60. -16. Ibid., 62.17. Ibid., 54. 18. Ibid. 19. Ibid., 3, 66, 72. 20. Ibid., 69. 21. Ibid., 69, 74. 22. Ibid., 77.23. Ibid., 92. 24. Ibid., 102. 25. Ibid., 105. 26. Ibid., 105-06. 27. Ibid., 107, 113, 115.28. Ibid., 113. 29. Ibid., 117, 137.30. Ibid., 124. 31. Ibid., 122.32. Ibid., 152. 33. Ibid., 148. 34. Ibid., 152.35. Ibid. 36. Ibid., 164. 37. Ibid., 168.38. Ibid., 169, 173, 175. 39. Ibid., 179. 40. Ibid., 180.41. Ibid., 196. 42. Ibid., 215. 43. Ibid., 186, 188. 44. Ibid., 189.45. Ibid., 192. 46. Ibid., 196-97. 47. Ibid., 304. 48. Ibid., 302.49. Ibid., 244, 247, 302. 50. Ibid., 283. 51. Ibid., 113.52. Ibid., 206-07. 53. Ibid., 272. 54. Ibid., 294.55. Ibid., 302. 56. Ibid. 57. Ibid., 86. 58. Ibid., 309.59. Ibid., 308-09. 60. Ibid., 278. 61. Ibid., 279. 62. Ibid.63. Ibid., 416. 64. Ibid., 390. 65. Ibid., 343. 66. Ibid., 382. 67. Ibid., 402.68. Ibid., 381, 397, 415, 428.69. Ibid., 392.70. Ibid., 381, 422, 467. 71. Ibid., 392.72. Ibid., 381, 422, 467. 73. Ibid., 392.74. Ibid., 431, 434. 75. Ibid., 448. 76. Ibid., 460. 77. Ibid., 468. This page was created by Tara Monastero when she was a student at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, New York. |