Walter Benjamin
1892 - 1940
German academic and cultural critic.
Was Walter Benjamin Jewish?
Yes, Walter Benjamin was Jewish.
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Benjamin wrote several essays about literary criticism, historical materialism, and a variety of other topics.
• An associate of the Frankfurt School, he fled Germany on the eve of the Nazi takeover of 1933.
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Source: The Forward
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
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2021
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