# Roger Berkowitz Topic: [[Topics/Hannah Arendt/Hannah Arendt|Hannah Arendt]] · People in this topic are listed on the hub. - **Who:** Academic director of the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College ◻. ## Role in this topic - Defends Arendt in "Misreading 'Eichmann in Jerusalem'" ([NYT The Stone, Jul 7, 2013](https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/misreading-hannah-arendts-eichmann-in-jerusalem/)): Arendt read the Sassen excerpts and "never wrote that Eichmann simply followed orders".