The Rosenbergs

Were the Rosenbergs really guilty? Thomas C. Reeves once said "Numerous people felt that the Rosenbergs did not get a fair trial or that their sentence was too harsh" (Thomas Reeves). Many people believed that the Rosenbergs were innocent and the convictions against them were not enough to prove they were involved in espionage. Others believe they were guilty and their crime was rose than murder. The story of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg was very controversial. It involved the Rosenbergs participation in the communist party, their convictions of espionage, and working for the Soviet Union.

Before the Rosenbergs were convicted of espionage, events took place first that made America against Communism. According to Douglas Linder, on March 1917 the Russian Revolution began which was the beginning of Communism. Another event was in 1939, when Britain and Germany went to war (James Sweeney). According to Janusz Piekaliewiez, in 1945 Germany was captured by Britain.

America looked down on Communism after confrontations with Germany and the Soviet Union. In 1917 an Espionage Act is put into terms (Douglas Linder). According to Douglas Linder, in 1923, a Communist Party was formed into the United States.. According to Megan Barnett, in the 1940s, the Rosenberg's joined a Communist Party due to Hitler's carnage.

The Soviet Union and America were allies in the wartime during 1943 (Douglas Linder). According to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the U.S. did not share information with the Soviet Union because they were worried about the Soviets' intentions. In 1949, the Soviet Union made atomic weapons (Julius and Ethel Rosenberg). According to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, some U.S. people working on the Manhattan Project gave up information to the Soviets because they pitied them.

According to Thomas Reeves on page 421, the Rosenbergs were the first American civilians to be executed for spying during the war. The Rosenbergs were an American family convicted of being spies for the Soviets. According to Megan Barnett, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were born into families who were Jewish Immigrants. They were American citizens that were born in New York (Thomas Reeves on page 421,). According to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the Rosenberg's were the only American citizens sentenced to death during the Cold War.

Like all Americans, the Rosenbergs had dreams and so did their parents. According to Douglas Linder, Julius's father wanted him to a rabbi. Julius wanted to be an engineer (Megan Barnett). According to Mark Falcoff, Julius Rosenberg went to City College in New York to study engineering. Ethel Rosenberg's last name was once Greenglass.

Ethel has dreams of her own just as Julius did. According to Megan Barnett, Ethel wanted to be a singer. Ethel Rosenberg worked as a secretary for a shipping company (Julius and Ethel Rosenberg). Ethel had a brother named David. According to Douglas Linder, David Greenglass was a soldier-machinist who was told to work in Los Santos.

According to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Ethel met Julius at the Young Communist League. The Rosenbergs' had their religion in common. According to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were both Jewish. Julius and Ethel were married in the summer of 1939 (Julius and Ethel Rosenberg). According to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the Rosenberg's had two sons, Robert and Michael. The Rosenbergs were considered a harmless Jewish family by many.

The Rosenbergs' work life did not go well; it might have been because they were part of the communist party. The machine shop of the Rosenbergs failed in 1947 (Douglas Linder). Julius worked with radar equipment in the Army Signal Corps (Julius and Ethel Rosenberg). According to Thomas Reeves on page 481, Julius Rosenberg was fired by the army because he was a communist in 1947. The Rosenbergs trial was known as "The Trial of the Century" (Megan Barnett).

Exploring this further, there were more events that lead the feds to the Rosenberg's. According to Douglas Linder, Klaus Fuchs was arrested for sharing information with the Soviet Union about the atomic bomb. Next, the federal investigators were led to David Greenglass (Megan Barnett). According to Douglas Linder, Greenglass drew sketches of high explosive lens molds for the Soviets. After that, he said a sketch was drawn of an atom bomb (Julius and Ethel Rosenberg).

Furthermore, the Manhattan Project was a nuclear project. The Manhattan Project reached J. Edgar Hoover, an FBI agent (Megan Barnett). According to Douglas Linder, the Manhattan Project was a plan to develop an atomic bomb. David Greenglass was chosen to work in Manhattan on a project (Douglas Linder).

David Greenglass also made more claims. According to Douglas Linder, Greenglass said Julius was the one who got him to be a spy in May or June 1950. Greenglass claimed Ethel possessed U.S. nuclear secrets in her apartment (Julius and Ethel Rosenberg). According to Douglas Linder, Greenglass said his sister typed top secret information.

David Greenglass was the main reason the Rosenbergs were ever suspected of being spies. He mostly claimed that Julius was involved in most of the spy work and Ethel was a secretary to him. Ethel's brother, David Greenglass, accused her and Julius of giving information to the Soviet Union (Megan Barnett). Furthermore, according to Douglas Linder, the FBI interviewed Julius Rosenberg on June 16, 1950.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of working for the Soviet Union as spies and were killed for it (Thomas Reeves on page 481). According to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the Rosenbergs were convicted of "conspiracy to commit espionage." According to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the conviction of the Rosenbergs was March 29, 1951. The Rosenbergs denied all charges of being spies (Megan Barnett). And so, the trial began.

In addition, the Rosenbergs judge was Judge Irving Kaufman (Douglas Linder). According to Douglas Linder Emanuel Bloch was the Rosenbergs lawyer. This all took place after the Rosenbergs were arrested. First Julius was arrested and later Ethel was, too.

According to Douglas Linder, the trial against the Rosenbergs begins March 28, 1951. A lot of the evidence placed against the Rosenbergs involved a man named Aleksandr Semyonovich Feklisov. Feklisov was the person who picked Julius to be a spy. He also picked Klaus Fuchs. Klaus Fuchs being arrested med the Rosenbergs be investigated (Douglas Linder).

In addition, Julius meets Feklisov for the first time in 1943. According to Douglas Linder, Feklisov told about meeting with Julius many years ago. Julius was said to have helped Feklisov get documents from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (Julius and Ethel Rosenberg). According