few months ago we received an email where we had the experiences of Roman in Ciudad Real since the columns of General García Valiño coup came in the Royal City in early April 1939 and during 1940.
This week we travel to Sarria (Lugo) course where Roman and currently resides. Roman, 93, and extraordinary vitality, let this shocking testimony that we will be eternally grateful, that reveals the state terrorism launched by Franco's coup in our mob city \u200b\u200bafter the war ended.
told us and after the coup in Galicia, was mobilized to fight the coup forces, the bourgeoisie and the Catholic Church bought the military coup to coup for the book, or left to buy or suffer the same fate as the workers and defenders of the republic.
During the offensive against Republicans in Teruel, in the winter of 1938, was forced to bury alive the dying on the orders of their captain, captain in the service of the republic defected and joined the coup forces.
Already in Ciudad Real, Roman was forced to be firing squad from the provincial jail Ciudad Real, participating in more than 50 shootings under death sentences for armed rebellion, which took place on the football field and the railway station. They themselves were those who went to the truck bodies for burial.
On one occasion he accompanied his wife and children of Calixto Painter, PSOE mayor of Ciudad Real, to see him on his last day before his execution. Account as the youngest son of Calixto Artist vowed to do justice with his own hands when he was older.
Every day, in the central courtyard of the prison occurred a macabre spectacle: a stick that had been placed on the center of the courtyard the coup torturing a prisoner from morning until the afternoon hanged.
For nearly a year, the shortage of food in Ciudad Real was complete, caused by the cancellation of Republican money, no selling and no one could buy, causing women to prostitute themselves constantly to feed their children. Soon we will
edited the testimony of Roman, so it can be seen in Ciudad Real.
The testimony will be part of the documentary film "Expired," which Aitor of Datecuenta, has long been preparing. Roman
thank his courageous testimony, and Elias and Aitor their invaluable help.
