Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 26 September 1940

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 26th of September 1940 85 years ago
Philosopher Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin commits suicide by an overdose of morphine tablets at the age of 48 in Hotel de Francia, Portbou, Catalonia, Spain. A fierce critic of Nazism, Benjamin was on the run for the Gestapo. Benjamin wanted to cross the border into Portugal and then sail to the United States.