Famous Executions - Wow, Time Warp to 1959 when Castro was a Hero who just over through the Evil Dictators. This is vintage footage showing Castro as a young man holding a rally with what the film says is million plus supporters. Funny how he wanted to execute dictators back then… and yes, he still didn’t care what the US thought of it.

This is from a newsreel with a seriously 50’s (alien invasion) drama voice.

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How to make a martyr… why can’t this fool just act like the heretic he is… at his own execution, for God’s sake.

Johannes (John) Huss of Bohemia, Czech reformist burned by the Roman Catholic Church as a “heretic” on July 6th, 1415 in Constance (Courtesy: Story of Liberty by Charles Carleton Coffin)
The procession crossed the bridge and halted in a meadow, between the gardens of the city and the gate of Gottlieben. Here the execution was to take place. Being come to the spot where he was to die, the martyr kneeled down, and began reciting the penitential psalms. He offered up short and fervent supplications, and oftentimes repeated, as the bystanders bore witness, the words, “Lord Jesus, into thy hands I commend my spirit.”"We know not,” said those who were near him, “what his life has been, but verily he prays after a devout and godly fashion.” Turning his gaze upward in prayer, the paper crown fell off. One of the soldiers rushed forward and replaced it, saying that “he must be burned with the devils whom he had served.” Again the martyr smiled. The stake was driven deep into the ground. Huss was tied to it with ropes. He stood facing the east. “This,” cried some, “is not the right attitude for a heretic.” “that you silence the goose, but a hundred years hence there will arise a swan whose singing you shall not be able to silence.”
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