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Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) and Ethel Rosenberg (née 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.
- Execution by electrocution
- Executed (June 19, 1953; 70 years ago)
- Death by electrocution
Apr 4, 2024 · Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were the first American civilians to be executed for conspiracy to commit espionage and the first to suffer that penalty during peacetime. Ethel Greenglass worked as a clerk for some years after her graduation from high school in 1931.
- John Philip Jenkins
Mar 25, 2020 · The Rosenbergs were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage in 1953, after being convicted by a jury of passing Atomic secrets to the Soviets. They were immigrants from Jewish families who had a history of communist activism and a family betrayal. Learn about their case, trial and death, and the controversies that surrounded them.
Sep 19, 2018 · Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were the only spies executed during the Cold War for overseeing a spy network that stole American atomic secrets and passed them to the Soviet Union. Some historians question their guilt and the fairness of their sentence, which was based on Cold War paranoia and anti-communism.
- John Seven
Apr 2, 2014 · Julius Rosenberg was a notorious spy who was convicted of passing military secrets to the Soviet Union in the 1950s. He and his wife, Ethel, were executed on June 19, 1953, along with their two sons. Learn about his life, trial, execution, and legacy.
Julius Rosenberg (1918-1953) and Ethel Rosenberg (1915-1953) were an American husband and wife convicted of espionage and executed for passing nuclear secrets to Soviet agents. Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Greenglass were both born in New York City to Jewish immigrant families.
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Jun 9, 2021 · From the moment of their arrest in 1950 Ethel and Julius had become inseparable as “The Rosenbergs.” President Eisenhower jointly condemned them: “By their act these two individuals have in...
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