Ka cika wannan magana: A ƙarshe iyalin suka gudu zuwa Madrid a watan Yuli na shekara ta 1936. Lokacin da dangin suka isa, sojojin Jamhuriyar Republican ne suka mamaye garin wanda ya yi tsayayya da yunƙurin mamayewa daga Nationalists. A watan Oktoba, duk da haka, sojojin kasa sun yanke shawarar sanya
an kewaye birnin kuma Julián ya shiga cikin sojojin Republican kuma ya jagoranci tawagar 'yan bindiga da ke jigilar kayayyaki. A halin yanzu, Bahamontes, tare da mahaifiyarsa da 'yan uwansa mata, sun tsere zuwa ƙauyen Villarrubia de Santiago saboda tsananin hare-haren iska a Madrid. Sun kasance tare da Julián bayan yakin, amma iyalin sun ci gaba da gwagwarmaya; kamar yadda ya kasance tare da 'yan Jamhuriyar Republican, bangaren da ya rasa, mahaifin Bahamontes bai sami fansa ba kuma an tilasta masa ya karya duwatsu don gina hanya don samun isasshen kuɗi ga iyalin. Matashin Bahamontes ya yi sata don ya tallafa wa kansa da iyalinsa; zai yi tsalle a cikin tirela na manyan motoci daga gada a kan hanya kafin ya cika jaka da abinci daga tirela. Har ila yau, ya haƙa harsashi mai rai daga ramin yakin basasa don sayar da shi azaman ƙarfe.