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# Why McCarthyism was familiar to Hannah Arendt
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/american-masters/extras/why-hannah-arendt-found-mccarthyism-familiar-bzw4oy/
- Published: 2025-06-13T17:30:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-26T16:34:13.000Z
- Description: Hannah Arendt was teaching at Berkeley when McCarthyism took hold of the United States.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: American Masters, #ZZZ_Show_528da9a2-8dd6-4ae8-885a-d59d89b91574, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_1e6db0d5-5bf9-4fdb-abcf-95bd4e264ee6, #extra

Hannah Arendt was teaching at Berkeley when McCarthyism took hold of the United States. She found the outrage, fear and chilling effect similar to her experiences in 1930s Germany: “They are introducing police methods, they name names, and in this way, the informant system is being integrated into the society.”