Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

To what extent was the trial / investigation of the Rosenberg's a political witch hunt? The trial of the Rosenbergs was, to a large extent, a political witch hunt in order to gain public acceptance of military action in Korea and justify increased war budgets, however, some would suggest that due to the overwhelming evidence of Julius Rosenberg supplying possibly lethal and deadly information to the Soviet Union, the trial and investigation was in the best interests of the American people. A solution

Rosenberg Spies In 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of passing information to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) concerning the construction of nuclear weapons. In 1953, the United States Government executed them. Some say, the Rosenbergs received their just punishment. Many historians feel that the trial was unfair, and that international claims for clemency were wrongly ignored. These historians claim that the Rosenbergs were assassinated by the US government

A young couple living in Brooklyn, NY was about to get caught up in the anti-communist hysteria with serious consequences for them and their two young sons. The sons, Robert and Michael, would live their lives in the shadow of their parents, Julius and Ethel

Annie Lee Moss appearance before McCarthy’s committee (1954) In addition to limiting freedom of speech through the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Smith Act, Congress continued on a witch-hunt to remove all dissenters in any way they could, often charging and prosecuting individuals based on circumstantial evidence. This period, often referred to as the Second Red Scare, followed World War II and came as the United States entered the Cold War, was a time of much paranoia. One of the many cases during

In early March of 1951, the case United States v Julius Rosenberg, Ethel Rosenberg, and Morton Sobell argued whether the Rosenbergs planned execution should forgo or be rescinded for violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and being guilty of starting the Korean War. In the late 1940’s and early 1950’s the Cold War was ongoing, with the United States and the Soviet Union entrenched in an ongoing battle over the supremacy of the west. Paul Frazier, an author for the Magazine of History in Bloomington

case stands out amongst the others. This was the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the first Americans ever executed for espionage against the United States. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were a married couple who were accused by the United States government of conspiracy against America by running the operation of a Soviet spy ring that was leaking information about the atomic bomb back to the Soviet Union. Although Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were both eventually convicted as spies, there was little

Julius Rosenberg partook in espionage activities against the United States and provided military technology information to the Soviet Union during World War II. The type of military technology provided to the Soviets was warship guns that would be able to destroy any aircraft or shoot any ships in the sea. “Julius Rosenberg, identified in the documents by the code names "Antenna" and "Liberal," helped the KGB recruit electrical engineer Alfred Sarant, who later escaped to Russia. Rosenberg also

” I said. Comparing that shock to an electric chair, could you imagine the pain? In 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who shared the same admiration for the Communist party, were both executed with an electric chair. Due to their involvement with the Soviet Union and transferring information from their connections during World War II, they were caught and executed. One hundred years ago, Julius Rosenberg was born in New York City. His parents immigrated from Russia. He was so fascinated by politics

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union (“on this day”, p.1). Their execution was not meant to happen, it was used as a threat to encourage the Rosenberg’s to confess to their crimes. Julius and Ethel stuck to their story throughout the trial, they remained true to their communist beliefs, but they never confessed to being spies. The Rosenberg’s were executed in June 1953, but there was little evidence supporting

.) On June 19, 1953, a middle-class, middle-aged couple, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, were executed as spies. They had been convicted in 1951 for passing secretes to the Soviet Union and, and their sentencing, judge in the case, Irving Kaufman, issued an angry statement, claiming that their activities had had abundant negative consequences. The judge even attributed the start of the Korean war to their unpatriotic and duplicitous activities. Following the conviction, there were public demonstration