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

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 26th of September 1940 86 years, 3 months and 16 days 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.