Walter Benjamin, a German philosopher, attempted to escape the Nazis in September 1940 by crossing the Pyrenees. He was stopped in Portbou, Spain, where he was forced to spend the night under guard before being deported the next day. In despair, Benjamin took his own life with an overdose of morphine. The local doctor declared it a natural death, and Benjamin was given a Catholic burial under a false name. The film "Who Killed Walter Benjamin..." investigates the suspicious circumstances surrounding his death, providing a portrait of Portbou, a town caught between two fronts, where evasion, persecution, and false hopes were constant.
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During World War II, Walter Benjamin, a man in exile, braves the treacherous Pyrenees in September 1940, seeking to evade the Nazi menace.
