“Amo means volo, ut sis … I love you — I want you to be what you are,” Martin wrote to Hannah. The quote, attributed to Saint Augustine, is an invocation, as though he is creating her through his love.
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she was openly skeptical toward the idea of universal human rights
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Eighteen long years after Hannah escaped Germany, she finally became an American citizen.
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Hannah’s political philosophy was shaped during her stateless years, when she existed without the rights that citizenship provides an individual.
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Immorality was, quite simply, necessary to keep up morale; all those young men so far from home needed cheering up.
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Society’s permissive attitude toward shorter skirts, low-cut tops, provocative dancing, and suggestive lyrics were all expressions of solidarity with the young men who had gone off to war.
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the economy enjoyed a powerful upswing thanks to the sudden demand for airplanes and tanks. Even the entertainment industry saw an impact: Mickey Mouse and Superman were recruited, the Andrews Sisters entertained the American troops with swing and boogie-woogie, and Marilyn Monroe experienced her big breakthrough.
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Ironically, it was the United States’ entry into the war that dragged the country out of its financial crisis.
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The place they thought was theirs never really existed. “Lucky is he who has no home; he sees it still in his dreams,” Hannah wrote.
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Lucky is he who has no home; he sees it still in his dreams.