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Who Killed Walter Benjamin…

Documentary
History
73 mins
6.0
2005

Description

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.

Casts:

Juan Ramón Capella
Félix de Azúa
Stéphane Hessel
Dani Karavan
Stéphane Mosès
Gary Smith
Rolf Tiedemann
Patrick von zur Mühlen

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