Eichmann in Jerusalem. Reposting on the 60th anniversary of its publication.

21/02/2023 11 min
Eichmann in Jerusalem.  Reposting on the 60th anniversary of its publication.

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Episode Synopsis

Send us a textSixty years ago, the New Yorker published a long analytical essay on the Eichmann trial by the famous intellectual Hannah Arendt.  It became an instant classic.  It also became the center of rabid controversy.  This is a short discussion of Hannah Arendt, of her life, and of what happened when she published her discussion of this trial.