The author of "The Origins of Totalitarianism" was German-born.
The Origins of Totalitarianism (German: "Elemente und Ursprnge totaler Herrschaft" , "Elements and Origins of Totalitarian Rule"; 1951), by Hannah Arendt, describes and analyzes Nazism and Stalinism, the major totalitarian political movements of the first half of the 20th century. 
Johanna "Hannah" Arendt ( or ; ] ; 14 October 1906 4 December 1975) was a German-born American political theorist. 
