Rahel Varnhagen

Rahel Varnhagen née Levin (born June 19, 1771 in Berlin; died March 7, 1833 in Berlin) was a German writer of Jewish descent who hosted one of the most prominent salons in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She is the subject of a celebrated biography, Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess (1958) written by Hannah Arendt. Arendt cherished Varnhagen as her "closest friend, though she ha been dead for some hundred years."

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June 19 - 1771 - Berlin - March 7 - 1833 - German - Jewish - Salon - 18th - 19th centuries - Biography - Hannah Arendt

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