Who Killed Walter Benjamin…
(2005-10-06)
2005-10-06 • DocumentaryHistory • 1h 13m
Who Killed Walter Benjamin… (2005-10-06)
2005-10-06 • DocumentaryHistory • 1h 13m
… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime.
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.
… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime.
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.
