Hannah Arendt Page #2

He's like a frightened schoolboy

wanting to be liked.

He's even trying to get

Kennedy's approval.

Nixon is a liar. It's a strategy.

He only cares about his career.

- That's why he's going to win.

- No. Nixon calculates.

But Kennedy is young and

handsome and inspiring,

and that is what matters

when the ships are down.

"Chips."

Hannah, "chips," not "ships."

Oh, that must be Hans and Lore.

"chips."

English can only be

a second-rate fiddle for us.

If you want to hear Hannah play her

Stradivarius, you should learn German.

- She asked me to correct her.

- Ah, at last!

Impossible.

Must have been someone else.

Our train was late.

Of course.

We know that excuse.

Coats off.

Everyone's here.

Great that you made it.

Meet the latest member of the tribe.

Professor Miller, Hans and Lore Jonas.

Such a pleasure to finally meet you.

Professor Miller, it's an honor.

Hannah tells me you're her oldest

and dearest friend.

The oldest for sure,

but not the dearest.

Oh, Heinrich is much older than me.

And much better looking.

Did you already know

each other back in Germany?

Thomas, I said "old friend." In Europe that

means we met more than 10 minutes ago.

They met in the '20s as students of

Heidegger, the Hosenmatz philosopher.

Don't say my name

in the same breath as that Nazi.

Not here, Hans!

So, you were all students

of the confounding Martin Heidegger.

Oh, I didn't even finish high school.

But aren't you

a professor at Bard?

Original thinkers don't need degrees, Professor Miller.

To Hannah,

in honor of her trip

to Jerusalem.

Oh, thank you, Hans.

It's not a vacation, Hans.

Lotte, champagne.

So I heard so much about you.

I am honored that a

colleague from my university...

has this great opportunity

to be an eyewitness to history.

We'll miss you.

Oh, thank you.

- Yes, really.

- Thank you.

It is just wonderful, Hannah,

that you,

one of us,

will be present for this great trial.

This is not a grand trial. It's illegal.

The kidnapping by the Israeli

secret service was illegal!

Israel has a sacred right to try a Nazi

for crimes against the Jewish people.

Sacred right?

Hans, you're meshugga.

- But most of the survivors live there.

- Precisely.

And they want to see this criminal

face to face.

Face to face!

Excuse me.

They'll all be dragged into court!

They'll be witnesses.

It'll take years.

This trial...

So much smoke!

Do you understand anything? I thought

you were the German speaker.

Well, I can read it perfectly,

but they're speaking so fast.

The State of Israel

didn't even exist back then.

Unfortunately.

Or they'd have declared war

on Hitler like England and France.

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