Pujol was born in the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, on 14 February 1914[REF] (or possibly 28 February 1912)[REF] to Juan Pujol, a Catalan who owned a dye factory, and Mercedes Guijarro García, from the Andalusian town of Motril in the Province of Granada [REF].
His mother came from a very strict Catholic family who took communion every day,[REF] but his father was much more secular and had liberal political beliefs [REF].