Bunuel_Luis_My_Last_Breath

Fascists were also desperate to catch him. The boat was scheduledfor a stopover at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which at that time wasoccupied by Franco. I passed my information along to the ambassador,and without a moment's hesitation he relayed it to the Fascistsvia a neutral embassy. When Garcia arrived in Santa Cruz, he waspicked up and hanged.One of the strangest stories to emerge from the war was theCalanda pact. When the agitation began, the civil guard was orderedto leave Calanda and concentrate at Saragossa. Before leaving, however,the officers gave the job of maintaining order in the town to asort of council made up of leading citizens, whose first venture wasto arrest several notorious activists, including a well-known anarchist,a few Socialist peasants, and the only Communist. When theanarchist forces from Barcelona reached the outskirts of town at thebeginning of the war, these notable citizens decided to pay a visit tothe prison."We've got a proposition for you," they told the prisoners. "We'reat war, and heaven only knows who's going to win. We're all Calandians,so we'll let you out on the condition that, whatever happens,all of us promise not to engage in any acts of violence whatsoever."The prisoners agreed, of course, and were immediately released;a few days later, when the anarchists entered Calanda, their first actwas to execute eighty-two people. Among the victims were nineDominicans, most of the leading citizens on the council, some doctorsand landowners, and even a few poor people whose only crimewas a reputation for piety.The deal had been made in the hope of keeping Calanda freefrom the violence that was tearing the rest of the country apart, tomake the town a kind of no man's land; but neutrality was a mirage.It was fatal to believe that anyone could escape time or history.Another extraordinary event that occurred in Calanda, and probablyin many other villages as well, began with the anarchist orderto go to the main square, where the town crier blew his trumpet andannounced: "From today on, it is decreed that there will be free love