Within Four Walls: The Correspondence Between Hannah Arednt and Heinrich Blucher, 1936-1968

here Is The Life Story Of Two Exceptional People, Two Germans Who Fled Their Country For Different Reasons. It Is The Story Of Their Life In Exile In Paris And In New York, Their Dependence On Each Other And Deepening Love, Their Continued Exchange Of Ideas, Arendt's Teaching And Writing, Her Involvement With Jewish Life In Europe And In Israel, And Blucher's Years At The New School And At Bard College. It Is Also An Important Document Of The '30s In Germany And France, Of World War Ii, And The Post-war Life In Ravaged European Cities. meanwhile, There Is Love Of Food And Drink, And Of Friendship-both Intellectual And Affectionate-with Karl Jaspers, Mary Mccarthy, Alfred Kazin, And The Complex Relationship With Martin Heidegger And His Wife. within Four Walls Is An Extraordinary Personal And Historical Record. about The Authors: hannah Arendt (1906-1975) Taught Political Science And Philosophy At The New School For Social Research In New York, Brooklyn College, And The University Of Chicago. heinrich Blucher (1899-1970) Was Born In Berlin. He Taught Philosophy At Bard College From 1952 To 1967. He Also Taught At The New School For Social Research. lotte Kohler Was Born In 1919 In Rostock, Germany. She Has A Ph.d. In German Literature, Served As A Professor Of German At The City College Of The City University Of New York, And Is The Trustee Of The Hannah Arendt Literary Trust. new York Review Of Books the Record Of A Great Love Affair And A Lifelong Conversation-a Love And A Marriage That Were The 'safe Haven' For Two Hunted Fugitives In Dark Times. "When they met in the spring of 1936 in Paris, they were both exiles from Hitler's Germany. Hannah Arendt was twenty-nine, Heinrich Blucher thirty-seven. Following the German invasion of France early in 1941, they had to leave Paris. They arrived in New York in May, 1941. The correspondence starts in August, 1936, when Arendt traveled to Geneva to attend the founding conference of the World Jewish Congress, and ends in September, 1968, when she was in Basle for the celebration of Karl Jaspers' eightieth birthday.". "What emerges from this correspondence is the life story of two exceptional people, two Germans who fled their country for different reasons. It is the story of their life in exile in Paris and in New York, the hardships of that exile, their dependence on each other, their deepening love for each other, their continued exchange of ideas, Arendt's teaching and writing, her involvement with Jewish life and organizations in Europe and in Israel, and Blucher's years at The New School and at Bard College. It is also an important document of the 1930s in Germany and France, of World War II, and the post-war life in ravaged European cities. Meanwhile, there is love of food and drink, and of friendships, both intellectual and affectionate, with Karl Jaspers, Mary McCarthy, Alfred Kazin, and the complex relationship with Martin Heidegger and his wife."--BOOK JACKET. Hannah Arendt had been working in Paris since 1935 as director of the French branch of the Zionist organization Youth Aliyah, which was preparing children and adolescents for life in Palestine.