120 Years Hannah Arendt - Reading from "Eichmann - where the night begins"

Description

A fictional encounter between Hannah Arendt and Adolf Eichmann. A conversation that could never have taken place. The text traces the life of Adolf Eichmann. Eichmann, responsible for the Holocaust, presents himself as a man hiding his opportunism and frightening mediocrity behind cynical anecdotes. Opposite him: one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century. Hannah Arendt reconstructs Eichmann's past, searching for the moment when evil takes shape. Gradually, it becomes clear: evil manifests in the most mundane human pettiness. In unexpected banality. The author Stefano Massini draws from the protocols of the interrogations in Jerusalem, court proceedings, German and Jewish historiography, as well as Arendt's essays, creating this intense dialogue of cruel, unprecedented power. Production, concept, and staging: Theaterkollektiv moules frites (Hanna-Lynn Schori, Silas Schmuckli, Elena Thoma)

Highlights

• Reading from "Eichmann - where the night begins"
• Fictional conversation between Hannah Arendt and Adolf Eichmann
• Staged by the theater collective moules frites

General Information

The reading takes place in the open church of Bern and discusses a fictional encounter between the thinker Hannah Arendt and the Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann. The text is based on historical protocols and offers a deep insight into the banality of evil.

Location

Spitalgasse 44, 3011 Bern, Switzerland

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