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Hannah Arendt was born #OnThisDay in 1906. A German Jew who escaped to the US in 1941 and became an American, she was known for the concept of the “banality of evil”- that wrong can be perpetrated by ordinary citizens, a realization that demands our constant vigilance.
Two stunning exhibits on #MarkusLüpertz, postwar #German artist, are in #DC at @PhillipsMuseum & @hirshhorn!
Ever experienced pleasure from someone's misfortune? There's a #German word for that: Schadenfreude! #WordoftheWeek https://t.co/Fe40JihwHn