ALBERTO MENDEZ SANCHEZ
This volunteer Cuban was born on February 26, 1915 in a village in the province of Havana called the Gabriel but the fact is that all his family was originally from Pinar del Rio and himself lived there most of his short vida.Su father, Luis Sánchez was a renowned photographer who married Mendez.Ambos Zolile had a child and decided to move to Havana for a period to meet a contract photographer emerged, it would be in this location where born Albert, who at the age of five years he traveled with his parents in Pinar del Rio where the family would increase to four miembros.Se was a family living within a half thanks to the reputation achieved by the "Studies Sánchez" located on the streets of the capital Martí still a teenager Alberto pinañera.Siendo his mother died and the family was broken up so that his older brother opted for independence and less went to the guardianship of their father abuelos.Aunque married a second wife and lived with his brother in the family home at this stage when Albert begins to show a personality independiente.Sus primary education courses in the School Marañones ", stands out as a sensitive young man and ambitions culturales.En 1930, when Albert was 15 years old, began to frequent the snuff factory "Gispert," located just in front of his padre.Allí studies, often to replace it was one of his first ideological guides the reader of tobacco Eduardo Canton, a veteran communist who directed him in their first readings and helped him get into the path of Alberto marxismo.A liked that task and to tobacco also liked hearing the news of the newspaper from the lips of the boy who always tended to emphasize the facts that had to do with the workers and the suppression of mismos.Precisamente be from his post as a reader when the news course the assassination of Rafael Trejo in Havana at the hands of the Machado police, passed in October 1930 and nothing on the news in Pinar del Rio organized a large demonstration would be the first attended by Alberto that since these dates began to frequent the rooms of the student left and its leader Gabriel Barceló, to be followed shortly afterwards on a tour across the province advocating democratic values \u200b\u200band encouraging the struggle against the dictatorship imposed by Gerardo Machado.En August 1931, the National Union party calls for armed struggle getting together about seventy men who enter the mountain and from there initiate its action, The uprising was called the Rio Verde.Alberto was only sixteen years but does not hesitate to follow the group, but try to dissuade fellow given his young age, which is not logran.Enterado the army of their situation, on 12 August, fence in the foothills of a hill called black hair.Some Eyebrow more and imminent danger of a government attack trying to make them quit, this time with the excuse of not having with enough weapons, to which Alberto Sanchez said he would take the rifle of one of his companions caidos.Esta response caused Alberto definitely face their suerte.La skirmish was settled unevenly and the rebels took at least 20 lives and arrest of most supervivientes.Alberto was taken to the dungeons and unexpected happened there and that luckily his father had been required to take pictures of detainees and found once inside the place where they were imprisoned hatched a plan to free his son doing that take their tripods and cameras waited Sánchez ayudante.Luis mode shift change of officers and when this came out through the doors next to Alberto's arrest and no one objected alguna.Alberto Sanchez, a 16-year-old had entered fully into the epic of the resistance movements against the dictatorship.
Alberto Sanchez For the real reference was Antonio Guiteras revolutionary in his youth had spent long periods in Pinar del Rio and enjoyed great prestige among the young and though Alberto was not to be discussed at this stage by their age difference, when began its work in the field without question revolutionary approach that considers itself a leader of the revolutionary movement at the time of their first meeting lucha.El occurred in October 1931 that Alberto will become more involved in the actions that were being done, however this meant being marked by police who stopped him twice before the year ends, the first of them manage to escape prison thanks Once again the action of his father who sought all possible resources among their acquaintances. The second of his detention ended in the Castillo del Príncipe, where he was hospitalized for a period corto.No forget that it was just a boy of just seventeen.
With the fall of Machado, Alberto Sanchez decided to go and moved to the capital's Habana.En moves in the environments of leftist groups but always in the shadow of Guiteras and immediately took on the task of clothing Antonio Guiteras their leader had been appointed Secretary of State for Interior and acted as leverage in the government of Grau San Martin to the adoption of policies progresistas.Alberto fought the attempt of a group of officers opposed to the lifting of the sergeants, this occurred on 4 September, but prior to the end of the year 1933, on November 8 was used again in the fight to stop a new coup encouraged by the traditional right groups cubana.La Guiteras situation in the government led to great uncertainty as to his person was a senior clear result of leftist in the middle of an ambiguous government had expected a sign of the military or rightist organizations to end a political situation that posed a serious risk to those who sought to maintain its monopoly control of major economic sectors Cuban . This situation led to the creation by the Technical Police Guiteras, in short, a group of loyalists that would protect the life of their leader and stop conspiracies alrededor.Con moved to its newly completed 18 years, Alberto will join this unit and will become direct Guiteras adviser, speaking on numerous arrests of conspirators capturing old Machado and even participating in actions such as eviction officers holed up in the Hotel Nacional.
On January 15, 1934 there was a coup that ended the adventure of Guiteras, so Alberto Sanchez passed automatically to his foundation cladestinidad.Desde belonged to the TNT, task force created by Guiteras, and now ready to give everything in training heir of this "Young Cuba." He spent the 1934 organizing underground and sabotage actions in March 1935 and actively participated in the strike that was planned in these failed fecha.El this strike was a considerable havoc among the opposition groups and many elements of secrecy would be uncovered after reports of torture or simply achieved with the contribution of infiltrated dinero.En acting by May 1935, with Guiteras and a small group of revolutionaries, among whom was Carlos Aponte, a Venezuelan who defended the Sandinista cause, and did the same in Cuba, Alberto Sanchez was about to leave clandestinely Mexico.Allí country to try to organize an armed insurrection in Cuba, however, before they can ship them tended an ambush that had been possible thanks to the betrayal of two officers involved in the uprising but changed their minds in the last momento.Aquello was a butcher and Guiteras and Aponte would die with little to defend themselves, but a brave Alberto Sánchez, pistol in hand, managed to break into where it seemed impossible that anyone could escaspar. Alberto
made it to Havana and from there moved to Santiago.Batista had a price on his life and was no longer safe in any place so that this boy of 20 years did not hesitate to continue their flight across Central America to elude locales.Batista police and army had claimed to Alberto Sanchez in all neighboring countries and the situation became límite.Recorrió Panama, Honduras, El Salvador and eventually reached Mexico.Allí General Lazaro Cardenas took him under his wing and momentarily stopped peligro.Pero Alberto Sanchez did not plan to stop the fight and decided to return to Cuba clandestinely and revitalize Joven Cuba, the organization that was created by Guiteras been very touched after the murder of este.Alberto Sanchez did not achieve its purpose, for while came to land, a new accusation that he was being led esperando.Milagrosamente, and for the second time in his life managed to evade the fence and hide for a few days . Before the end of the year 1935, Alberto Sanchez decided to escape to the United States, where only would a meses.En February 1936 had decided to continue their struggle in Spain, coming to Madrid in mid-March of that year, Albert was 21 and there were only four months to the start of civil war. Nadas
arrived in the English capital was moved to the pension "La Cubana" and shared concerns with the Cuban exile group who already knew the Raigorosdsky mayoría.A not became known in Cuba but he knew . Both felt mutual admiration and melt in a short but narrow amistad.En Madrid, Alberto followed in the footsteps of the rest of the group and joined the Association of Revolutionary Anti-imperialist Cubans, moved in the environment of the Communist Party of Spain, will become a regular contributor to the International Red Cross and will join the United Socialist Youth Latina.Sin American Friends of doubt, was fully involved in the triumph of the revolutionary cause.
On July 18, sought a weapon and was actively involved in making the headquarters of the Mountain and upon reaching this goal he joined the 5th Regiment where he started his career as a health together with fellow Cuban Larrea, but their show of courage and its ability to combat a rise meteórico.Sus foster early battles waged in the mountains of his performance in Somosierra madrileña.Tras longer appears as a hero and it highlights the fight Madrid.Posteriormente press Buitrago de Lozoya where it reaches the level of CAPTAIN late September after an uphill struggle Gascones is awarded the license of PCE.Como captain of the 5th Regiment will go to plug the weaknesses in the defense of Madrid, Garabitas, Usera, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Aravaca.En Ciempozuelos be appointed commander of a battalion of engineers and Portalrubio appears as commander of the Brigade Joint 9. Alberto shown as well as an excellent fighter has concerns intellectuals and in the trenches sent several articles to newspapers that are distributed in late October frente.A 36 seriously ill of pneumonia after a long stay in the fighting in Madrid Somosierra.Será evacuated in record time and rejoined again in front of the Torriente hombres.Pablo contacted on several occasions in his time in Spain and not let out the chance to write for this young Cuban, proud of his regiment and his countrymen for his courage and ability coming mostrando.No organization attempted to address only the fighting, Alberto knew maintain the tension between their own and in the days in which the fight was stopped work to people in strengthening defenses and parapetos.El November 15, while in the field of Aravaca, Pablo de la Torriente in company Candon Policarpo found him organizing his defense, leading five companies Candon milicianos.Las words on Alberto would be reflected in the correspondence of Paul, highlighting its impressive moral in them to lift the spirits of grupo.Era a young energetic .
In the early months of the war, Albert enamoró.Se had noticed a young militant who appeared to be tailor-made for their ideals and their enormous courage to face the risks of young guerra.La named Encarnación Hernández Luna and also had a meteoric rise in his responsibilities as head of 5 th Regimiento.Se married and continued to fight, almost always in the same unidad.1937 was a tough year for Alberto to their shareholding in Guadalajara, on the southern front and in the fighting Córdoba.Recorrió Pozoblanco in other parts of the face such as Portarrubio, Quijorna or Alfambra and reached the month of July 1937 was ordered to march to Brunete where wage a fierce battle batalla.Los began on 6 July but still took time for Alberto to write an article on the first anniversary of the war:
"July 18, 1937! , You come when the picture is different, were strong yesterday and today begins the Popular Army to crush the extermination next anniversary will be total peace will reign in Spain. "
In Brunete was fought until 25 July, that day, early morning, was shot, the wound was serious and he lost enough blood, but given the unequal combat, Alberto refused to leave first línea.Junto to him was his companion Encarnación López Luna had already reached the level of capitán.Alberto he was commander of the 1st Brigade of the 11 th División.Combatió all morning trying to encourage his men and to avoid what at the end of that day would be a resounding defeat, her companion "Luna" followed in the footsteps of Albert, who still refused to be evacuado.En around four in the afternoon of July 25, 1936, a bomb exploded in the enemy trench from still trying to win the battle but blinded in his life after his partner acto.Poco Encarnación López Luna wrote to his brother:
"I will tell you the I really do not want to creer.Alberto died July 25 at four in the afternoon, this is what cierto.Lo buried on the 26th to the accompanying cuatro.Le representations of several factories in Madrid and fellow Brigade the control which wore on their shoulders. "moon would continue to fight and the Ebro reach the rank of commander.
Pablo Neruda, present in the English civil war met Alberto, whose character and conquistaron.De bravery he wrote:
"Here lies a man forever between all bloody out as a flower, a flower petal blazing violent.
This is Alberto Sánchez, a Cuban
, sullen, stocky and short in stature. Captain twenty years
Teruel, Garabitas, South of the Tagus, its clear
Guadalajara.Vieron silent heart go
Wounded in Brunete, bleeding runs again leading his Brigade
smoke and blood And there
falls and there his wife Luna Commander defends the sunset with his machine gun rests
the site
Defend the name and blood of the missing hero (his loved).
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