Agustín Aznar

[2] Known as a burly adventurer who held the Greco-Roman wrestling title in Castille,[3] he was appointed chief of the Madrid section of the Falange militia and took part in several bloody street-fights with leftist opponents.[4] In this role he was close to Hans Joachim von Knobloch, the German consul in Alicante and in 1936 the two co-operated in a scheme to secure the release of the captured Falangist leader José Antonio Primo de Rivera through bribery.[11] A member of the group's 12-man Junta Politica, Aznar joined with Fernando González Vélez in 1938 in an attempt to radicalise the movement along the lines of Italian fascism and Nazism and to make the party more important.The proposals of the Aznar group, delivered to the Junta by his ally Dionisio Ridruejo, sparked another possible schism, this time with the monarchist faction of Pedro Sainz Rodríguez who were repulsed by what they saw as the republicanism of fascism.[14] Also serving in the fairly minor role of National Delegate for Health in the government, Aznar became associated with the efforts of José Luis de Arrese to increase ties with the Nazis following his war service.
Spanish namesurnameCortes EspañolasMadridFET y de las JONSFE de las JONSNazi GermanySpanish ArmyBlue DivisionSpanish Civil WarWorld War IIEastern FrontIron CrossFalangeFrancisco FrancohaematologyGreco-Roman wrestlingCastilleGermanAlicanteJosé Antonio Primo de RiveraJuan YagüeCarlismSancho Dávila y Fernández de CelisManuel HedillatriumvirateFinnishCarl von HaartmanFalange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-SindicalistaItalian fascismNazismDionisio RidruejoPedro Sainz RodríguezfascismconservativeSecond World WarJosé Luis de Arreseanti-communistconstitutional monarchyPhilip ReesBiographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890Stanley G. PaynePaul Preston