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List of memorials to Hannah Arendt

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Hannah-Arendt Straße in Berlin

This list of memorials to Hannah Arendt includes the many objects or places named after or bearing memorial plaques to the life of the German-American Jewish political philosopher, Hannah Arendt (1906–1975).

Photograph of the courtyard of the house in which she was born, showing Hannah with a cigarette in her hand and the inscription, attributed to her "No one has the right to obey", in German
Courtyard of Arendt's house in Linden-Mitte

Many of the houses in which Hannah Arendt lived, bear commemorative plaques (Gedenktafeln), such as in Heidelberg, Marburg and Berlin. In 2017, Babelsberg announced it would erect a plaque on her home there.[1] Her birth town of Linden, Hannover celebrates her name in a variety of ways, including a plaque. The city library has a Hannah Arendt Room, exhibiting her personal possessions. Her house bears a plaque, two schools and a road (Hannah-Arendt-Weg) near the town hall are named after her, as is the square in front of the state parliament (Hannah-Arendt-Platz). There is a Hannah Arendt Fellowship and a Hannah Arendt Chair at the Helene-Lange-Schule, while Hannover celebrates Hannah Arendt Days (Hannah Arendt Tagen).[2] Her birthplace also has a mural on a wall in the courtyard, bearing the inscription Niemand hat das Recht zu gehorchen (No one has the right to obey), a saying often attributed to her as summarizing her verdict on Adolf Eichmann. Her contributions to resistance and rescue are commemorated at the Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand (German Resistance Memorial Center) in Berlin.[3]

Hannah Arendt has been honoured by the use of her name in many contexts, including:

References

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Bibliography

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  • Kramer, Henri (1 March 2017). "Gedenktafel für Hannah Arendt in Babelsberg". Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten (in German).
  • "Hannah Arendt Tage". Das offizielle Portal der Region und der Landeshauptstadt Hannover. City of Hanover. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    • "Hannah Arendt in Hannover". Das offizielle Portal der Region und der Landeshauptstadt Hannover. City of Hanover. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  • GDW (2016). "Hannah Arendt". Exile and Resistance. German Resistance Memorial Center. Retrieved 19 September 2018.

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