Benjamin Fondane's home

Benjamin Fondane, alias B. Fundoianu, born Benjamin Wechsler (or Wexler) on November 14, 1898 in Iași, Romania, and died on October 2 or 3, 1944 in a gas chamber at the Auschwitz-Birkenau1 extermination camp, was a Romanian Jewish atheist philosopher, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic, film director and translator, naturalized French in 1938, primarily of French expression.

In 1940, Fondane was drafted during the Nazi invasion of France. Taken prisoner, he escaped, was recaptured and hospitalized at Val-de-Grâce for an appendectomy. After returning home, he worked on his Ulysse project and various essays.

In March 1944, he was arrested by the Vichy police. His friends manage to secure his release, but Benjamin Fondane decides not to abandon his sister Line. He is sent to the Drancy camp, then deported to Auschwitz by convoy 75 on May 30 from the Bobigny station.

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Benjamin Fondane, alias B. Fundoianu, born Benjamin Wechsler (or Wexler) on November 14, 1898 in Iași, Romania, and died on October 2 or 3, 1944 in a gas chamber at the Auschwitz-Birkenau1 extermination camp, was a Romanian Jewish atheist philosopher, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic, film director and translator, naturalized French in 1938, primarily of French expression.In 1940, Fondane was drafted during the Nazi invasion of France. Taken prisoner, he escaped, was recaptured and hospitalized at Val-de-Grâce for an appendectomy. After returning home, he worked on his Ulysse project and various essays.In March 1944, he was arrested by the Vichy police. His friends manage to secure his release, but Benjamin Fondane decides not to abandon his sister Line. He is sent to the Drancy camp, then deported to Auschwitz by convoy 75 on May 30 from the Bobigny station.Source Wikipedia