Des de fa prop d’una dècada, els debats polítics i culturals estan assenyalats per l’auge i consolidació de diverses propostes de dretes radicals i ultradreta a tot el món.

In late September 1940, a month after negotiations between the French and German governments dissolved the Third Republic and established the Vichy regime under Marshal Pétain, Walter Benjamin found himself a refugee with dim prospects for legal exit from France. The German-Jewish man of letters boarded a train from Marseilles toward the Spanish border with two acquaintances, Henny Gurland and her teenage son. Benjamin’s deteriorating health lent urgency to their shared mission: to cross into Portbou, a quiet Spanish fishing village, from where Benjamin planned to journey to Portugal and then sail to the United States. * * * ### To continue reading, subscribe now. Subscribe from $4.99/month! #### Unlimited access to our weekly issues and archives. * * * ### Already have an account? Login here

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