__Ethel and Julius Rosenberg , were an American couple with strong
Communist connections who were charged with espionage for passing atomic
bomb secrets to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
They were tried and convicted in 1951. The Rosenbergs were either unable or unwilling to reveal details of the spying operations by the USSR. The sentence, death by electrocution, was carried out on June 19, 1953.
The Rosenburg case caused many investigation over the years finally showing in 2001 that Ethel’s brother had been manipulated into framing her along with her husband so that the government could use Ethel as leverage to make Julius state names of other conspirators and other information.
They were tried and convicted in 1951. The Rosenbergs were either unable or unwilling to reveal details of the spying operations by the USSR. The sentence, death by electrocution, was carried out on June 19, 1953.
The Rosenburg case caused many investigation over the years finally showing in 2001 that Ethel’s brother had been manipulated into framing her along with her husband so that the government could use Ethel as leverage to make Julius state names of other conspirators and other information.
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