Where did Benjamin die by suicide?
Portbou
Berlin
Paris
Vienna
Answer
In Portbou, a small town on the French-Spanish border, Walter Benjamin, a renowned German-Jewish philosopher, critic, and translator, met his tragic end by suicide on September 26, 1940. Benjamin's decision to take his own life was driven by the overwhelming sense of despair and hopelessness that had gripped him as he witnessed the rise of Nazism and the looming threat to his freedom.
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