10 At 3:40 PM on October 23, 1940, a Mallorcan, Bartomeu Tous, a native of Santa Margalida, witnessed the historic handshake that Hitler and Franco exchanged at the French station of Hendaye. Tous was part of the Army General Staff's team of translators. Ultimately, he was not chosen to interpret a meeting where Spain's entry into World War II was to be decided.

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