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Were the Rosenbergs guilty?

It is widely believed that Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were guilty of espionage. They were convicted and executed for aiding the Russians.


Why were the Rosenbergs executed?

they were thought to have given nuclear bomb information to the soviets


How and why did Julius and Ethel Rosenberg die?

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were an American couple with strong Communist leanings who were charged with, and convicted of, Conspiracy to Commit Espionage and for Passing US Atomic Secrets to the Soviet Union in 1951. The sentence, death by electrocution, was carried out on June 19, 1953.Testifying and also convicted were Harry Gold, Morton Sobell, and David and Ruth Greenglass (Ethel's brother and sister-in-law), who testified against the Rosenbergs to save themselves. Only the Rosenbergs were executed.(see related link)


Who were ethel and Julius rosenberg and what was the fate?

The Rosenbergs, Ethel and Julius, were an American couple with strong Communist leanings who were charged with espionage for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. At the height of the so-called Red Scare, the trial of the Rosenbergs polarized political and judicial opinion in the US. 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. Their case continued to raise legal and moral questions more than 50 years later.(see related link)Spying for the SovietsThe Rosenbergs were convicted for supplying the USSR with details of the Manhattan Project, on which Ethel's brother (David Greenglass) had worked. Julius had been recruited by the KGB during World War 2, giving this and other classified information to his Russian case officer, Alexander Feklisov. When the spy ring was exposed in 1950, the Rosenbergs and others were arrested and charged with espionage. Ethel Rosenberg was implicated mainly on the basis of her husband's activities, and Julius by his connections to Soviet agents. The couple's connection to Communism was one of the driving forces in their prosecution.


Couple who sold the atomic secrets to the soviet union?

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, through her brother, David Greenglass. During much of the Cold War the Rosenbergs were a cause celebre, many doubting their guilt. When the Soviet Union disintegrated the archives of the KGB revealed that they had in fact done it, and were guilty as sin.

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Who was executed for giving nuclear secrets to the Soviets?

The Rosenbergs.


What is the theme song for accidentally on purpose?

Birds of a Feather by The Rosenbergs


What was partly responsible for the trials of Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs?

a second Red Scare


Were the rosenbergs involved in making the atomic bomb?

no, but they were involved as couriers to leak information on the bomb to the USSR.


What has the author Martha Millet written?

Martha Millet has written: 'The Rosenbergs' -- subject(s): Poetry


What is the birth name of Andris Rozenbergs?

Andris Rozenbergs's birth name is Rosenbergs, Andris Karlovich.


Why did the rosenbergs commit the crime espionage?

to pay for there childrens college tuition.


What was the punishment for the Rosenbergs who were convicted of providing bomb secrets to the Russians?

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed.


The purpose of project venona was to?

it cracked the soviet spy codes and provided strong evidence that the Rosenbergs were guilty


What was the most dramatic spy case involving an atomic bomb?

Everyone thinks it was the Rosenbergs, but it was actually Ted Hall.


What is one reason the Rosenberg attracted nationwide attention and controversy?

c the fact that people as influential as the rosenbergs were communist raised concern


What contemporary event is a preoccupation for Esther Greenwood?

the electrocution of the Rosenbergs, a husband and wife who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and sentenced to death