The last moments of life of José Antonio
prison in Alicante province José Antonio where he was in prison, sentenced to death and executed in the prison yard.
What have they done with you, after the completion of the process?
At our request, Miguel Primo de Rivera, with emotion in speech, said
At three in the morning, after the completion of a vote that denied rehearing of the case, withdrew the Court ruled against us. Margot was taken to his place in prison. Jose Antonio and thought it would lead to cell n. 10, where we had stayed before. But he did not.
I just brought it. Jose Antonio was led to another. This separation has filled me with sadness. Sentence could run at once? With the nightmare slept all night. Already on day 19, when the holiday, I opened the cell, saying it might come out in the yard. He had, of course, useful, or want to go out into the dark foreboding seized from the fate of my brother. I was about to give out, to be delivered to my grief and my thoughts when I thought that maybe in the yard, with reference from other prisoners, may know something about my brother. Brands
the yard and there I had the great joy and surprise to find a José Antonio We hugged and talked for a long time on the tour of the hour of our walk. He said he had made a will and gave me detailed instructions and long. In his memory was not only the affection of the family, but all the people of their privacy and a unique way the Falange.
was his concern. He had absolute faith in the triumph of our ideals, and only the sadness of the moment was for him not being able to help comrades in the final push ...
I tried to instill hope and stopped me, saying: "Michael knows that, even for what I need is to die with dignity. Help me to it."
When the time for walking and we're back in our cells, an anguish endless knot in my throat, but I had no master to give a sense of weakness before his brother and who aspire only to die with dignity.
After the 18 and the next morning. At six in the morning, a militant who was guarding the door of my cell told me: "Your brother wants to see before you die." You ra his cell.
I opened the door and guarded by two men, went to Jose Antonio. It 'was on a cell floor, dark, damp and cold. It was a real prison, where he was. There was no room chairs, no tables or beds. All had spent the night there.
José Antonio was walking in silence, the calm air, hands clasped behind his back. Obeying an order of the head of the prison, but was wearing pants and shirts. Above them, a coat. On crossing the door that was seven. A guards brutally told me, 'Lighten, you have fifteen minutes for the interview. "
Jose Antonio, as I entered, I immediately said in English so you do not understand, "Michael kindly help me to die, to die with dignity, to die as required by the Church ..."
My brother would not have won us the emotion and does not offer much to those men who hated us, the spectacle of a weakness. We use the fifteen minutes to make the last wish of my brother who wanted to die a Christian. Never forget that moment, neither forget nor the example of resignation and fortitude with which my brother faced our name.
We had to separate. In the door the cell, the steps and left the sound of guns recalled the terrible preparations. We hugged each other we wanted to do forever. The last hug! And I said calmly
"Miguel, Spain Up!
I was taken to my cell, down the stairs I heard the voice of my brother, who is his to take him to the prison yard. She screamed Up Spain! Then I understood why.
"Why?
"With my brother went into the backyard to shoot well, with four other comrades, two requetes and two phalanges. My brother wanted to give them encouragement.
Then I realized that there were two platoons. A charge with the ' execution of these four mates, and one of my brother. One of the militiamen who formed the box murderers of Joseph Antonio, when he was already close to the wall of the courtyard, ready to receive the download, along with the shelter of my brother. "What you wear warm coat!" "Said José Antonio, of course, he replied" You can have it now "" No, no, when you fall. "José Antonio smiled, took off his jacket and handed the note.
In the yard were those who were died with him.
They aimed the rifle and confused echoes of gunfire and the strong voice of the head of the Falange launching his latest Top ... Do not five minutes had elapsed since I left my brother and he had just outside the door of my cell, I heard unloading that cut his life ...
Sealed blood José Antonio perfect unity of ideals. Phalange requetes blood and gathered in the hour of sacrifice and claim absolute identity.
Jose Antonio in his cell at the time of writing, calm, aware of the tragic moments in his will. 
In the early hours of November 20, 1936 José Antonio was executed .
Jose Antonio, is transferred to the morgue
The body of Jose Antonio is removed from the mortuary and taken to the cemetery by militiamen in Alicante. In the town cemetery
the five bodies were removed.
The body of Jose Antonio was the first to fall in a common grave, and prepared to receive the blood of the martyr in their land of the founder.
José Antonio and the other comrades were buried in a mass grave. The body of Jose Antonio and the remaining four.
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magazine "Photo"
1939
Kemer Drawings
Testimony of Miguel Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia
Member, interviewed by AR
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