Walter Benjamin was a ner-do-well Jewish philosopher who studied in Germany during the 1930s until he was forced to flee to Paris. Walter dabbled in both Marxism and the Kabbalah. He believed art should have a political message but was out done by his contemporaries Charlie Chaplain and Bernolt Brecht. Benjamin eventually escaped the Nazis invasion by traveling to Spain, but was unable to get a letter of transit to leave Spain and committed suicide. ( )