Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

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.

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  Aharon Appelfeld

  Self - Writer
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  Judith Butler

  Self - Philosopher
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  Roger Errera

  Self - Journalist
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  Adolf Eichmann

  Self - Nazi War Criminal (archive footage)
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  Hannah Arendt

  Self - Political Philosopher (archive footage)
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  Adolf Hitler

  Self - Politician (archive footage)
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  Hermann Göring

  Self - Politician (archive footage)