Las Trece Rosas

"Las Trece Rosas" (the Thirteen Roses) is the name given in Spain to a group of thirteen young women who were executed by a Francoist firing squad on 5 August 1939, just after the conclusion of the Spanish Civil War.

Following the capitulation of Madrid to Franco's troops and the end of the Civil War, the Madrid Provincial Committee of the Unified Socialist Youth (JSU) (an organisation resulting from the merger of the Socialist Youth and the Communist Youth even though most pro-Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) members had abandoned the organisation) tried to reorganise under the leadership of 21-year-old José Peña Brea.

The Thirteen Roses were among the many JSU members captured and imprisoned by the police.

They were ultimately executed by firing squad against the wall of the East Cemetery (now la Almudena) on 5 August 1939.

In 2005, a foundation (Fundación Trece Rosas) was created in Spain to keep their memory alive.