11 August 2019

Walter Benjamin, Nevers, Nièvre (58)

The German philosopher, writer and critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) was interned in the camp at Vernuche near Nevers in 1939, and in 2011 the Esplanade Walter Benjamin was named in honour of him. Benjamin killed himself shortly after reaching the Spanish border in September 1940.

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