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Rahel Varnhagen

Rahel Varnhagen
Hannah Arendt

Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess is a book-length biography of Rahel Varnhagen written by political philosopher Hannah Arendt. Originally her Habilitationsschrift she completed it in exile as a refugee, but was not published till 1957, in English, in the UK by East and West Library.

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“Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time”

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Source: Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess

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