Chad the Basque warrior

Brief summary in English:

>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.