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The death of Walter Benjamin

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The death of Walter Benjamin

Historical milestone · Portbou, Alt Empordà, Girona

The German philosopher, a fugitive from occupied France by the paths of the Albera, took his own life in 1940 in an inn in Portbou fearing that the Spanish police would send him back to the border; he was buried in the village cemetery.

26 de septiembre de 1940

Photo: Guillem.rubio (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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