Who Killed Walter Benjamin…

Name: Who Killed Walter Benjamin…
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2005
Duration: 73 min
Cast: Juan Ramón Capella, Félix de Azúa, Stéphane Hessel, Dani Karavan, Stéphane Mosès

2005

1h 13min

Documentary

History

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Overview

Philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), a German Jew, flees Germany in 1932, during the turmoil preceding Adolf Hitler's definitive rise to power. On September 26, 1940, he dies in Portbou, a small village on the French-Spanish border. The unexplained end of a man who managed to avoid a horrible fate just to face death in very mysterious circumstances.