>Juan was a soldier in the Basque Army (composed of Basque nationalists, Republicans, communists, socialists, anarchists etc) in the Spanish Civil War.
>They lost, the fascists won. He was imprisoned and written up for summary execution by the Spanish nationalists.
>A cousin of his who worked as a secretary saw the execution order, hid it and told Juan.
>”Juan, look, you have to do this…”
>”No. I don’t care if they execute me”.
>”The lieutenant says that if you can get three signatures (pleading for your life), they’ll cancel the order.”
>”No. I’ll do no such thing.”
>”But they’re going to shoot you”.
>My other cousin and a friend of hers went to my parents’ house. I had given them the names of the three people who most hated my guts. They went to the neighbours of my parents (the judge, the mayor and a brother of the mayor who was visiting by chance) and they made them sign the paper. That saved me from execution.
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>Juan was a soldier in the Basque Army (composed of Basque nationalists, Republicans, communists, socialists, anarchists etc) in the Spanish Civil War.
>They lost, the fascists won. He was imprisoned and written up for summary execution by the Spanish nationalists.
>A cousin of his who worked as a secretary saw the execution order, hid it and told Juan.
>”Juan, look, you have to do this…”
>”No. I don’t care if they execute me”.
>”The lieutenant says that if you can get three signatures (pleading for your life), they’ll cancel the order.”
>”No. I’ll do no such thing.”
>”But they’re going to shoot you”.
>My other cousin and a friend of hers went to my parents’ house. I had given them the names of the three people who most hated my guts. They went to the neighbours of my parents (the judge, the mayor and a brother of the mayor who was visiting by chance) and they made them sign the paper. That saved me from execution.