It is the 84th anniversary of #Walter_Benjamin death. A philosopher who committed suicide while escaping from the Nazis while crossing the Spanish border.

He describe himself in a letter to his friend #Gershom_Scholem like this : “One who keeps afloat on a shipwreck by climbing to the top of a mast that is already crumbling. But from there he has a chance to give a signal leading to his rescue.”