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This short autobiographical sketch was cited by Arendt biographer Elisabeth Young-Bruehl in her portrait of Blücher. (See Hannah Arendt: For Love of the World, chapter 4, footnote 11, p. 507.) “Description of an Average Life” was discovered among Hannah Arendt's private papers and is translated from German by Kathrin Nussbaumer.
Publication Date
2026
Recommended Citation
Blücher, Heinrich, "Description of An Average Life" (2026). Related Materials. 2.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/blucher-related-materials/2