# Bettina Stangneth Topic: [[Topics/Hannah Arendt/Hannah Arendt|Hannah Arendt]] · People in this topic are listed on the hub. - **Who:** German philosopher and historian; author of *Eichmann vor Jerusalem* (2011; English *Eichmann Before Jerusalem*, Knopf, 2014 ◻). ## Role in this topic - Showed from the Argentina papers that Eichmann "boasted of his accomplishments, worried that he hadn't done enough, and justified his role" (Berkowitz's summary, [NYT](https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/misreading-hannah-arendts-eichmann-in-jerusalem/)). - "Arendt fell into a trap because Eichmann in Jerusalem was wearing a mask" (quoted by the [Bard Arendt Center](https://hac.bard.edu/amor-mundi/excerpts-from-the-sassen-papers-2013-07-12)). Book not read directly ⚠️.