One of the most terrible periods of the 20th century was the Civil War. Testimonies such as those that Josep Buj\u00e1n i Duran (1914-2010) collected in his diary between 1937 and 1939 are essential to understand this conflict.
\nWhen the Civil War broke out, Josep Buj\u00e1n i Duran was doing his military service in Barcelona. His barracks did not revolt against the Republic and the soldiers, dressed in civilian clothes, were able to go home, to Sant Joan Desp\u00ed. There, the local People’s Court sentenced him to death for his conservative and religious ideas. But Sant Joan Desp\u00ed is still a small town and as one of the councilors was from the family, they let him go free.
\nHe tried to leave for Mexico and, when he was standing in line to take the boat, he was detained and mobilized to join the Republican army.
\nThe war, the fall of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bthe escape to France, the journey to Hendaye and his return to Spain occupied by Franco’s troops are part of the notes in this diary.
\nFinally, he returns to Sant Joan Desp\u00ed, where he becomes Head of the Falange.
\nThe Civil War is the most devastating conflict that Catalonia experienced in the 20th century, the forerunner of what Europe would experience in World War II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14743,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"eix":[],"class_list":["post-10409","document","type-document","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n