The dramatic story also camouflages the fact that the fate of a number of male hostages, mainly from the Guardia Civil, taken into the Alcázar at the beginning of the siege is unclear.
=== Španska državljanska vojna ===Med špansko državljansko vojno je polkovnik José Moscardó Ituarte branil stavbo proti španskim republikanskim silam, ki so oblegale Alcázar.