Julius and ethel rosenberg trial
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
American spies for the Soviet Union (d. )
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg | |
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in | |
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| Died |
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| Cause&#;of death | Execution bygd electrocution |
| Resting place | Wellwood Cemetery, New York, U.S. |
| Criminal status | Executed (June&#;19, ; 71 years ago&#;()) |
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| Conviction(s) | Conspiracy to commit espionage (50 U.S.C. § 32) |
| Criminal penalty | Death bygd electrocution |
Julius Rosenberg (May 12, – June 19, ) and Ethel Rosenberg (née Greenglass; September 28, – June 19, ) were an American married couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, including providing top-secret information about American radar
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The Rosenberg Trial
Espionage was a major concern for the United States government during the Manhattan Project. Some of the individuals who worked on the Manhattan Project were spies and provided valuable information on the design of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union secretly conducted its first atomic weapons test on August 29, To this day, historians and scientists debate how much espionage sped up the progress of the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons program.
Julius Rosenberg was a key Soviet spy who passed along information to the Soviet Union and recruited Manhattan Project spies. He was U.S. citizen and electrical engineer. In , Julius and his wife Ethel were tried and convicted of espionage for providing the Soviet Union with classified information. They were executed in Their trial remains controversial today.
In the early s, Ethel became a member of the Young Communist League. Through her activism with the Communist Party, she met Julius Rosenberg in Th
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In June , Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage under the U.S. Espionage Act of Members of the communist party, the Rosenbergs were convicted of passing secret information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union in Their case remains a cause celebre today, with claims it was the result of Cold War hysteria. Their guilt has been confirmed by Soviet documents made available after the fall of communism.
One of the first decisions facing newly elected President Eisenhower was whether to grant executive clemency to the Rosenbergs. Eisenhower declined stating: "The nature of the crime for which they have been found guilty and sentenced far exceeds that of the taking of the life of another citizen; it involves the deliberate betrayal of the entire nation and could very well result in the death of many, many thousands of innocent citizens…"
Memorandum, Edward O'Connor to Admiral Kirk, regarding possibility of Rosenberg case carrying over into Eisenh