Javier Ortega Smith, on the Thirteen Roses: "They were women who tortured, killed and raped vilely"

• History: The thirteen roses, one by one
• Document: Blanca Brisac's letter to her son, Enrique

"Do you know how he has lied in history talking about some who called the Thirteen Roses and it turns out that what they were doing was torturing, raping and murdering vilely ?", This is how Vox Secretary General Javier Ortega Smith has referred to the history of those known as Trece Rosas in Los Desayunos de TVE to defend that the Historical Memory Law "only shows one part" and forgets the rest.

Javier Ortega Smith has attended this morning at the TVE Breakfasts where he has granted an interview with Xabier Fortes in which the Madrid councilor also replied to all the news that his party is living, such as the last resignations of Vox, the offer of the PP to not present in certain provinces or the exhumation of the Franco .

It was with the exhumation of Franco where Ortega Smith has described the unearthing of the dictator as "a smoke operation by the Government that takes time to sign that medal . " The exhumation of Francisco Franco has derived the interview until the Civil War, the dead in the gutters, the Law of Historical Memory. The secretary general of Vox has been very blunt: "Most Spaniards want to turn the page. Our grandparents faced a very sad and very sad fratricidal war and it seems that there are many who want to end the Transition and return to face us. We think it makes no sense. "

Even during the interview, he has corrected Fortes several times about the data the journalist was giving about Republican graves and the right of relatives to bury the dead who are still in gutters. " The Law of Historical Memory does not seek the dead, seeks to speak of good and bad , seeks to speak of losers and victors," said Ortega Smith.

Fortes has quickly pointed out that there were winners, "the national side that imposed a dictatorship of 40 years," and losers, the Republican side, to which the secretary general of Vox has replied that "in the war, militarily, There is no doubt that he won the national side, but in reality it is that we all lost ... There were murders and crimes on both sides . "

The allegation of Ortega Smith has further ensured that there is much talk about the Civil War, but there is no talk of "the prewar period, the coups promoted by the Socialist Party , the burned churches , the violated nuns , but if we talk about Historical Memory, let's talk about all Historical Memory, not just one part. "

"Let us count all the young people and future generations. For example, you are sure that you have seen few reports of the Czechs in Madrid - the republican jails where they held prisoners on the national side - do you know the torture that was done in the Czechs? from Madrid? Do you know how he has lied in history talking about some who called the 13 Roses and it turns out that what they were doing was torturing, raping and murdering vilely? ", said Ortega Smith to the surprise of Fortes who has limited himself to Ask him if he was really ensuring that the Thirteen Roses raped, tortured and murdered.

Ortega Smith's response has been a resounding yes and he added that "they committed brutal crimes in the Czechs . " "You know what happens that in the end a war is a terrifying situation in which any concept of Justice is lost and the force prevails," said the secretary general of Vox, who has continued after his allegation that the Government tries divide society "into reds and blues" with the exhumation of Franco.

Asked if Vox condemns the Franco dictatorship, Ortega Smith said that "as a political party we have no opinion on the history of Spain" because "we do not want to impose a certain opinion" and in Vox "there may be people with a certain position on a part of the history of Spain. " In this way, he limited himself to ensuring that they condemn "any kind of totalitarianism . "

The story of the Thirteen Roses, according to several History books such as Carlos Fonseca's Las Trece Rosas on which Emilio Martínez-Lázaro's film was based, is the story of thirteen women, aged 18 to 29, who were shot in the wall of a cemetery a few months after the Civil War ended, accused in a summary war council - in which 56 people were sentenced to death - of "joining the rebellion . "

The crime of the thirteen women was military in Unified Socialist Youths - and not all of them - an organization that fought against the dictatorship and in which people who did commit crimes committed. In fact, it was the crime of Isaac Gabaldón, commander of the Civil Guard , his daughter and his driver at the hands of members of the JSU that led to the arrest of the 13 women and their subsequent trial. 56 people were accused of the triple murder, which was attributed to the existence of a communist organization of which 56 were part.

These are the Thirteen Roses and their history

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• Carmen Barrero 20 years. Dressmaker. Fourth by age of the nine children of a modest family in the neighborhood of Cuatro Caminos. His father died years before the war broke out, leaving his wife and children in a precarious economic situation, which forced Carmen to work from the age of 12. Militant of the PCE, in which it was known as Marina, used the false identity of Carmen Iglesias Díaz. After the end of the war, his friend Francisco Sotelo Luna suggested that he continue his clandestine work as the female party manager in Madrid, and as such he developed a work plan for women.
• Martina Barroso . 24 years. Dressmaker. JSU militant, during the war, sewed in one of the Girls Union workshops, making clothes for the soldiers. After the end of the contest it was captured by Julián Muñoz Tárrega to join the Chamartín de la Rosa sector.
• Blanca Brisac 29 years. The oldest of three sisters, daughters of a prosperous French businessman. Married to Enrique García Mazas, whom he met in the music band in which they played at the foot of the screen at the Alcalá cinema to liven up the silent films. He played the violin and she played the piano. The marriage had a son, Enrique, 11 years old in 1939. He did not militate in any political organization.
• Pilar Bueno . 27 years. Dressmaker. Shortly after the war began, he joined the PCE and worked as a volunteer in one of the many open crib houses to pick up the orphaned children and attend to the children of the militiamen who went to the front. She was chosen to train as leader in the School of Pictures of the party and appointed secretary of organization of the North Radio. At the end of the war, she was contacted by Federico Bascuñana to collaborate in the reorganization of the communists and in charge of creating eight sectors in the capital: North, South, East, West, Chamartín de la Rosa, Guindalera, Prosperidad and Vallecas.
• Julia Conesa 19 years. Dressmaker. He joined the JSU at the end of 1937 to continue his gymnastics and sports courses. During the war he worked as a streetcar collector.
• Adelina García Casillas . 19 years. She was known as the mulatto for her dark skin and thick lips. Friend of Julia Conesa and also a member of the JSU. Once incarcerated, she worked as a portfolio in the Sales prison.
• Elena Gil 20 years. He joined the JSU in 1937. The end of the war caught him in Murcia, from where he returned to Madrid in early April 1939. Once in the capital his friend Rafael Muñoz Coutado proposed to continue working for the party. He joined Victoria Muñoz in one of the groups created in the Chamartín de la Rosa sector that was directed by Sergio Ortiz.
• Virtues González García . 18 years. Dressmaker. He joined the JSU shortly after the war broke out. Her boyfriend, Valentín Ollero, was appointed head of the Radio Oeste de los Juventudes at the end of the contest and she made a liaison between him and the Madrid address of the same.
• Ana López Gallego . 21 years. Dressmaker. She was the oldest of four brothers. Militant of the JSU, during the war she was the female secretary of the Chamartín de la Rosa Radio. After the entry of national troops in Madrid, his friend Julián Muñoz Tárrega proposed that he rejoin the youth as a member of a group led by Sergio Ortiz, of which three other 'roses' were also part: Martina Barroso, Victoria Muñoz and Elena Gil Olaya
• Joaquina López Laffite . 23 years. The smallest of five orphaned brothers of father and mother since 1931. She joined the JSU in September 1936, and after the end of the war was appointed female secretary of the clandestine Provincial Committee.
• Dionisia Manzanero . 20 years. Third by age of the six children of a family in the neighborhood of Cuatro Caminos. His father was a member of the UGT. He joined the PCE in April 1938, after a howitzer killed his sister Pepita and other children who played in a field near the family home. Friend of Pilar Bueno, at the end of the war she was chosen to liaise between the leaders of the party that remained in the capital.
• Victoria Muñoz . 18 years. He belonged to the JSU since 1936. At the end of the war he met his friend Julián Muñoz Tárrega, who joined him in the group led by Sergio Ortiz in the Chamartín de la Rosa sector.
• Luisa Rodríguez de la Fuente . 18 years. Sastra He joined the JSU in 1937, where he never held any position, until at the end of the war Julián Muñoz Tárrega proposed to create a group that she herself should lead. When she was arrested, she had only had time to convince her cousin Isidro Hernández de la Fuente.

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