Cofio dau ewythr fu farw tra’n ymladd yn erbyn Franco

I’r de-ddwyrain o Jarama, ger Zaragoza, roedd Sidney Shosteck erbyn diwedd haf 1937 yn barod i wynebu’r gelyn. Fe gadwodd ddyddiadur manwl tan y diwedd, a daeth y diwedd hwnnw ar 6 Medi 1937.

Dyma adroddiad un o’r rheiny oedd yn llygad-dyst i’r hyn ddigwyddodd:

“As we walked, the thought of Sidney Shosteck, so young and sincere and intelligent, who should have walked beside us, heightened my sense of tragedy of the ruined city.

“Sidney was killed outright. I feel his loss more than any other person I’ve known here. But a second-story sniper shot Sid in the forehead. He never knew what hit him…

“…Suddenly we heard piano music. There, across a street in half a house, the front walls blown away, the inside looking like a stage, sat a Spanish soldier at a grand piano, playing Beethoven.”

Cymaint oedd ffyrnigrwydd y brwydro yn ardal Belchite fel, ar ddiwedd y rhyfel, penderfynodd Franco adael y dref yn adfeilion fel rhybudd i unrhyw rai oedd am herio ei awdurdod.