from a deportation to Africa in 1932 to become an editor of Solidaridad Obrera (Workers' Solidarity) and secretary of the Catalan CNT. He supported CNT militias and opposed political alliances with organizations. During the Spanish Civil War, while living in Barcelona, Ascaso would form the Antifascist Militias Committee. Ascaso alongside Durruti and the CNT would attack army depots and the prison ship Uruguay with home-made grenades and improvised armoured cars. Ascaso was one of the 500 to die in the assault of Atarazanas barracks. Ascaso was buried in Montjuïc Cemetery alongside Durruti. Legacy He was remembered as a "saint" of anarchist movement and as a hero of the Catalan proletariat. Personal life Ascaso's was the brother of fellow anarchists Alejandro Ascaso and Domingo Ascaso who all frequently worked together. Alejandro was born on October 17, 1889. Domingo was killed in Barcelona during the 1937 May Riots. He also had a sister named Maria. In 1927 he started a relationship with Berthe Fabert. In 1924 Ascaso settled in Paris and worked in a plumbing factory which aggravated his respiratory problems. Gallery References Notes 1901 births 1936 deaths People from Hoya de Huesca Spanish anarchists Spanish people of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) People killed in the Spanish Civil War Burials at Montjuïc Cemetery Confederación Nacional del Trabajo members Anarcho-syndicalists Spanish revolutionaries Spanish rebels