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Walter Benjamin Memorial, Portbou

Walter Benjamin Memorial, Portbou

Almost half century after Walter Benjamin death, the German government charges the prestigious artist Karavan a memorial monument dedicated to the philosopher, to be settled on the Costa Brava village where died: Portbou.

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Walter Benjamin in Portbou

Walter Benjamin in Portbou

Paris, May 1940. In a country controlled by pro-nazi Vichy government, which has just signed an armistice with the Third Reich, who is at the gates of the city, a man whose apartment has just been registered by the authorities, flees to the south. It is the Jewish German philosopher Walter Benjamin.

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