Agapito Martín Romaní was born in Soneja, in 1916. When the armed uprising against the democratic government began in 1936, he enlisted in the popular militias for the defense of the Republic. His participation at the front lasted until February 13, 1939, when he was forced to cross the border with France through the Coll d'Ares. Once in the neighboring country, he was taken to the Prats de Molló internment camp, from where he left a few weeks later to join the Foreign Legion, which took him to Algerian lands.

At the outbreak of the Second World War he returned to France, heading from Marseille at the head, to Besançon, a town close to the Swiss border. Having retreated to the towns of Péronne and Saint-Quentin, Agapito Martín was taken prisoner on June 10, 1940.

After passing through several prison camps, he was transferred to the Mauthausen concentration camp, "hell" - in his own words - where he entered on April 3, 1941. His martyrdom, with failed attempts to escape through , lasted until the liberation of the concentration camp by American troops on May 5, 1945. Agapito Martín was then unable to return to Spain, subdued under the Franco regime, leaving to reside in Carcassonne.

[Information taken from Martín Romaní, A. (1997). Surviving Mathausen. Segorbe (Castelló): Own edition. Available at the Municipal Library of Soneja]