Fifteen escapees were captured on the first day, including four who were discovered hiding underwater in a river near the prison using reeds to breathe. (25 September 1983)
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Thursday 26th of September 1940 (-) — Philosopher Walter Benjamin commits suicide by an overdose of morphine tablets. 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.