Three philosophers, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Emmanuel Levinas, experienced Nazi Germany, and each had their own philosophical ideas. “Martin Heidegger’s authenticity dealt with one’s relationship to one’s own form of existence.”(Rosenstand) Heidegger was German, a member of the National Socialist Party, and later became member of the Nazi Party for professional reasons. It’s difficult to decipher if Heidegger’s philosophical ideas were effected during WWII, but the fact that his mentor and teacher Edmund Husserl, a Jew, influenced Heidegger’s way of thinking makes me want to believe he was not influenced by the place, time, and events of his time. Understanding his philosophy would be much easier if spoken German, in my opinion,
