- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg - Wikipedia
Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) and Ethel Rosenberg (born Greenglass; September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) were an American married couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, including providing top-secret information about American radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines, and nuclear weapon designs
- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg | Biographies Facts | Britannica
A worldwide campaign for mercy failed, and the Rosenbergs were executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York Ethel became the first woman executed by the U S government since Mary Surratt was hanged in 1865 for her alleged role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Atom Spy Case Rosenbergs — FBI
On March 6, 1951, the Rosenbergs-Sobell espionage conspiracy trial on the superseding indictment of January 31, 1951, commenced in the Southern Distict of New York
- Why the Rosenbergs’ Sons Eventually Admitted Their Father . . . - HISTORY
The boys were now Cold War orphans, and they were almost as infamous as their parents But to a group of sympathetic Americans, the Rosenbergs were seen in a different light
- New Evidence Could Exonerate the Rosenbergs - Biography
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted on March 29, 1951, and executed on June 19, 1953 But the question of their possible innocence, rather than following them to their graves, has endured
- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg - Eisenhower Presidential Library
In June 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage under the U S Espionage Act of 1917 Members of the communist party, the Rosenbergs were convicted of passing secret information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union in 1945
- Espionage or injustice? The Rosenberg communist spying . . . - History Skills
At the height of the Cold War, a period marked by deep-seated fears of communism and nuclear annihilation, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were thrust into the limelight, accused of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
- Rosenberg Case Overview - Rosenberg Fund for Children
Following the three week trial, both Rosenbergs were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage, as was their co-defendant Morton Sobell Sobell received a 30-year sentence while the Rosenbergs were given the death penalty
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