Benjamin’s death converted unfinished Baudelaire notes into his bequest to the Institute

Evidence

The text contained reflections fundamental to the continuation of the work on Baudelaire, which he intended to send to the Institute for discussion purposes, and which his death turned into his legacy to the Institute. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 216

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Could support the essay on sacrifice and corpses only obliquely; skip unless a bequest/legacy angle emerges.
• XREF: connects to: The Institute institutionalized Benjamin’s work as funded French cultural-history research — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 215; Several Institut associates who delayed emigration, including Walter Benjamin, died — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 522; Benjamin joined the Institute’s staff after his Passagen-Werk gained financial support — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 661 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Institute institutionalized Benjamin’s work as funded French cultural-history research — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 215; Several Institut associates who delayed emigration, including Walter Benjamin, died — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 522; Benjamin joined the Institute’s staff after his Passagen-Werk gained financial support — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 661 (+1 more)