Julius Rosenberg was arrested on suspicion of espionage on June 17, 1950, and accused of heading a spy ring that passed top-secret information concerning the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. An American Tragedy By Anne Sebba. The attorneys appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court nine times, but the Court never reviewed the record. Give Bomb Data to Soviet Is Laid to His Sister Here", "Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg (American spies) Britannica Online Encyclopedia", "Judge Kaufman's Sentencing Statement in the Rosenberg Case", "The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg", "Nashville now and then: A lawyer's last gamble", "Funeral Tributes To Rosenbergs: Execution Denounced", "Never Losing Faith for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg", "False testimony clinched Rosenberg spy trial", "50 years later, Rosenberg execution is still fresh", "Khrushchev on Rosenbergs: Stoking Old Embers", "K.G.B. The Rosenbergs vigorously protested their innocence, but after a brief trial that began on March 6, 1951, and attracted much media attention, the couple was convicted. [39] Einstein and Urey pleaded with President Truman to pardon the Rosenbergs. J. [49], The funeral services were held in Brooklyn on June 21. 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Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg, Ethel Rosenberg ne Ethel Greenglass, (respectively, born May 12, 1918, New York, New York, U.S.died June 19, 1953, Ossining, New York; born September 28, 1915, New York Citydied June 19, 1953, Ossining), the first American civilians to be executed for conspiracy to commit espionage and the first to suffer that penalty during peacetime. Whether it was fair or not, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were the only two American civilians who were executed for espionage-related crimes during the entire Cold War. [25], On August 11, Ethel Rosenberg testified before a grand jury. ETHEL ROSENBERG. [79] In January 2017 Senator Elizabeth Warren sent Obama a letter requesting consideration of the exoneration request. A mix of June and 19th, Juneteenth has become a day to commemorate the end of slavery in America. Espionage Act of 1917. [8], Ethel Greenglass was born on September 28, 1915, to a Jewish family in Manhattan, New York City. But this testimony was not shown to lawyers during the Rosenbergs trial. How. Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg, Ethel Rosenberg ne Ethel Greenglass, (respectively, born May 12, 1918, New York, New York, U.S.died June 19, 1953, Ossining, New York; born September 28, 1915, New York Citydied June 19, 1953, Ossining), the first American civilians to be executed for conspiracy to commit espionage and the first to suffer John Philip Jenkins; 3 1952, -, , ) , Magic, witch-hunts, autos-da-f, sacrifices we are here getting to the point: your country is sick with fear you are afraid of the shadow of your own bomb. Tender. Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War Tragedy by Anne Sebba, W&N 20, 304 pages/St Martin's Press $28.99, 304 pages Rebecca Abrams is the author of 'The Jewish Journey: 4,000 Years in 22 Objects . Much has been written of Julius Rosenberg, but little about his doomed wife. On March 29, 1951, the court convicted Julius and Ethel Rosenberg of conspiracy to commit espionage. All 119 References in We Didnt Start the Fire, Explained, Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Rosenberg-and-Ethel-Rosenberg, Atomic Heritage Foundation - The Rosenberg Trial, Spartacus Educational - The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Famous Trials - Trial Of The Rosenbergs: An Account, Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up), Communist Party of the United States of America. Others question if the punishment was just for their crimes. The trial of the Rosenbergs became a political event of greater importance than any damage they may have done to the United States. I ask if she can think of a modern equivalent of Ethels predicament: incarceration by association. The cable also makes clear that the sister's husband is involved enough in espionage to have his own codename ("Antenna" and later "Liberal"). Important research on electronics, communications, radar and guided missile controls was undertaken at Fort Monmouth during World War II. 8/7/1950 David Greenglass witness testimony. His arrest began a chain of investigations, which ultimately led to the arrest of Julius and Ethel. But when he was arrested, his wifes arrest also followed soon after, although there was no proof of any active espionage involvement on her part. There was genuine fear that the Russians and Stalin would launch an atom bomb on America. She didnt cry in public, and the media gleefully judged her unfeeling and, by implication, guilty of the accused crime, as a result. Ethel was arrested to put pressure on Julius and they didnt want to kill her. Rhoda Laks, another attorney on the Rosenbergs' defense team, also made this argument before Judge Kaufman. But even graver is the thought of the millions of dead whose deaths may be directly attributable to what these spies have done.. The debate over her involvement is ongoing. Martin J. Manning and Clarence R. Wyatt, eds. Description Following World War II, tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States . [37], Others, including non-Communists such as Jean Cocteau and Harold Urey, a Nobel Prize-winning physical chemist,[38] as well as Communists and left-leaning figures such as Nelson Algren, Bertolt Brecht, Albert Einstein, Dashiell Hammett, Frida Kahlo, and Diego Rivera, protested the position of the American government in what the French termed the U.S. Dreyfus affair. These transcripts revealed the contradictions between the Greenglasses testimony before the grand jury and during the trial. [62] Ethel did not have a codename,[24] however, KGB messages which were contained in the Venona project's Vassiliev files, and which were not made public until 2009,[63][64] revealed that both Ethel and Julius had regular contact with at least two KGB agents and were active in recruiting not only Ethel's brother David Greenglass, but also another Manhattan Project spy named Russell McNutt. He stated, "I would not sacrifice my wife and my children for my sister. He provided classified documents and led an espionage network within the Manhattan Project, recruiting spies, most notably Russell McNutt and Ethels brother,David Greenglass, along with his wifeRuth. Getty Images. The vault, which now has the capacity to hold read more, In what is nowknownas Juneteenth, on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrive in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War is over and slavery in the United States is abolished. For this success Rosenberg received a $100 bonus. Harris, Brian. Some reports claim that the Rosenbergs were offered a plea deal, where admittance of their guilt would grant them a prison sentence. He also named Julius and Ethel Rosenberg as contacts and denied that his wife, Ruth Greenglass, was involved with any espionage activities. During the 1940s, the U. S. Army Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) conducted the Venona project. [76][24], In 2015, following the most recent grand jury transcript release, Michael and Robert Meeropol called on U.S. President Barack Obama's administration to acknowledge that Ethel Rosenberg's conviction and execution was wrongful and to issue a proclamation exonerating her. In later interviews, he claimed: I frankly think my wife did the typing, but I dont remember, and, My wife is more important to me than my sister. Overall, their testimony remains controversial because of the deal, the lack of tangible evidence, and the conflicting statements. During the trial, both Ethel and Julius pleaded the Fifth Amendment when asked repeated questions related to espionage, and when questioned about being members of the Communist Party. (The former was released as the motion picture Daniel in 1983.) That same year, the FBI arrested both Greenglass and Gold based on information provided by Fuchs. They provided top-secret information about American radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines, and valuable nuclear weapon designs. They could not be charged for treason since the U.S. was not at war with the USSR. The American Civil Liberties Union refused to acknowledge any violations of civil liberties in the case. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! It was never in doubt that Julius Rosenberg had conducted acts of espionage. I think she was clearly innocent of the charges but, on the other hand, I think she was supportive of Julius. "[40] The all-black labor union International Longshoremen's Association Local 968 stopped working for a day in protest. Three years after the trial, on June 19th, 1953 the Rosenbergs were executed. The trial continues to be controversial today. When questioned, Greenglass admitted to spying. Neither offered any further information. [43][44], The execution was delayed from the originally scheduled date of June 18, because Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas had granted a stay of execution on the previous day. Or was he more likely to get off by pleading innocence for both of them? A letter from Michael and Robert Rosenberg pleading for the life of their parents. He left the Communist Party to avoid suspicions. Ethel Greenglass met Julius Rosenberg in New York City in 1936, when she was 21 and he was 18. ", Deborah Friedell, "How Utterly Depreaved!" They married in 1939. [11], In February 1944, Rosenberg succeeded in recruiting a second source of Manhattan Project information, engineer Russell McNutt, who worked on designs for the plants at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. On August 11, 1950, Ethel Rosenberg was arrested after testifying before a grand jury (see section, below). They were sentenced to death on April 5 under Section 2 of the Espionage Act of 1917,[31] which provides that anyone convicted of transmitting or attempting to transmit to a foreign government "information relating to the national defense" may be imprisoned for life or put to death. This connection would be necessary as evidence if there was to be a conviction for espionage of the Rosenbergs. Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 - June 19, 1953) and Ethel Rosenberg ( ne Greenglass; September 28, 1915 - June 19, 1953) were an American couple who spied for the Soviet Union. By 1944, Julius had recruited him to spy for the Soviets. There was proof, which was later produced in court. Julius and Ethels children, Michael and Robert, maintain that their mother was innocent and have created anonline petitionto exonerate her. On June 19, 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, are executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. "[51], The Rosenbergs were the only American civilians executed for espionage during the Cold War. The documents suggest his involvement was with military and industrial espionage, rather than atomic espionage, as previously believed. Ethel Greenglass, (respectively, born Sept. 28, 1915, New York, N.Y., U.S.died June 19, 1953, Ossining, N.Y.; born May 12, 1918, New York, N.Y., U.S.died June 19, 1953, Ossining, N.Y.), U.S. spies. In 2021 Ethel's sons restarted the campaign to pardon Ethel, as they were more optimistic that President Biden will consider this favorably. During his bachelor party at a club on the night of June 19, Chin and three friends were read more, On June 15, 2006, on the remote island of Spitsbergen halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, the prime ministers of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland lay the ceremonial first stone of the Global Seed Vault. He had been recruited to spy for the Soviet Union which was far from uncommon in those days and he subsequently passed on information about what was happening at Fort Monmouth. [73][24], After Morton Sobell's 2008 confession, they acknowledged their father had been involved in espionage, but said that whatever atomic bomb information he passed to the Russians was, at best, superfluous, that the case was riddled with prosecutorial and judicial misconduct, that their mother was convicted on flimsy evidence to place leverage on her husband, and that neither deserved the death penalty. All other appeals were also unsuccessful. The Rosenbergs were the first American civilians to die for spying. In contrast to the American media, European newspapers did not support the ruling, and there were some protests against it throughout Europe. [75], Their sons' current position is that Julius was legally guilty of the conspiracy charge, though not of atomic spying, while Ethel was only generally aware of his activities. On April 5, Judge Kaufman sentenced them to death, and sentenced Sobell to 30 years in prison. She knew what he was doing She was complicit merely by knowing, so thats why they charged them with conspiracy to commit espionage.. A campaign was started to try to prevent the couple's execution. Sebba says the only lesson history offers is that there are no lessons to be learned. Schneir argues that Ruth worked alone and met with a Soviet agent to deliver a sketch of a bomb, which was placed in a KGB file center on December 27, 1945. Meeropol, Michael, " 'A Spy Who Turned His Family In': Revisiting David Greenglass and the Rosenberg Case,", This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 07:05. He was 51. Photograph: Craig F Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty. All Rights Reserved. [19], Another conspirator, Morton Sobell, fled with his family to Mexico City after Greenglass was arrested. Members of the communist party, the Rosenbergs were convicted of passing secret information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union in 1945. Two weeks after abdicating the Spanish throne amidst sagging approval ratings, Juan Carlos symbolically removed his red sashsignifying his status as leader of the read more, On June 19, 2013, James Gandolfini, the actor best known for his role as New Jersey crime boss Tony Soprano on the TV series The Sopranos, which debuted in 1999 and ran for six seasons, dies of a heart attack while vacationing in Rome, Italy. Do not let this crime against humanity take place. Seven different appeals reached the Supreme Court of the United States and were denied, and pleas for executive clemency were dismissed by Pres. Author of. Greenglass, who himself had confessed to providing nuclear secrets to the Soviets through an intermediary, testified against his sister and brother-in-law in court. Ethel then sat down at the typewriter which she placed on a bridge table in the living room and proceeded to type the info which David had given to Julius. After this new testimony, the charges against Ruth were dropped. But at the trial, she testified that Ethel Rosenberg typed up notes about the atomic bomb. The engineers worked at top electronic firms, and they passed on confidential and useful information to the Soviet Union. The constitutionality and applicability of the Espionage Act of 1917, under which the Rosenbergs were tried, as well as the impartiality of the trial judge, Irving R. Kaufmanwho in pronouncing sentence had accused them of a crime worse than murderwere key issues during the appeals process. [46] The Times reported that 500 people attended, while some 10,000 stood outside:[50], The bodies had been brought from Sing Sing prison by the national "Rosenberg committee" which undertook the funeral arrangements, and an all-night vigil was held in one of the largest mortuary chapels in Brooklyn. By 1945, the Soviets considered Rosenberg and his espionage network to be providing valuable information. The Rosenbergs supported communism Ethel Greenglass was born to a Jewish family in 1915 in New York. Decrypted cables revealed this information through theVenona project. Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. forces. Others argue that Julius and Ethel were guilty, with Ethel playing a minor role, but that their trial and sentence were unjust due to the lack of evidence. Due to Red Scare trials and newspaper headlines, Americans in the 1940s, and 1950s knew that Soviet espionage was serious. The West was shocked by the speed with which the Soviets were able to stage their first nuclear test, "Joe 1", on August 29, 1949. This declassified information included a trove of decoded Soviet cables (code-name: Venona), which detailed Julius's role as a courier and recruiter for the Soviets, and information about Ethel's role as an accessory who helped recruit her brother David into the spy ring and did clerical tasks such as typing up documents that Julius then passed to the Soviets. Many of these decoded messages identified Soviet spies within the Manhattan Project. Ethel Rosenberg was 37 and the mother of two small sons when she was executed in New York in 1953. The case was intensely controversial, touching nerves throughout American society, and debates about the Rosenbergs continue to the present day. Two more electric shocks were applied, and at the conclusion eyewitnesses reported that smoke rose from her head. Upon returning home later, Rojas claimed to have seen read more, The most successful and feared Confederate commerce raider of the war, the CSS Alabama, sinks after a spectacular battle off the coast of France with the USS Kearsarge. Initiated when the Soviet Union was an ally of the U.S., the program continued during the Cold War when it was considered an enemy. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, orig. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Julius Rosenberg was a key Soviet spy who passed along information to the Soviet Union and recruited Manhattan Project spies. In 2015 an independent lawsuit secured the release of grand jury testimony in 1950 by Greenglass, which indicated that he might have lied at trial by exaggerating his sisters role in the espionage ring in order to obscure the more extensive involvement of his wife Ruth, who was not prosecuted. Klaus Fuchs, a German scientist working in Los Alamos, was convicted in the United Kingdom. Gold was arrested on May 23, 1950, in connection with the case of the British spy Klaus Fuchs, who had been arrested for giving U.S. and British nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Venona Documents from the National Security Archive. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for espionage, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rosenbergs-executed. ", "Plot to Have G.I. As a young attorney in 1951, Cohn pushed for the execution of Meeropol's grandparents Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on espionage charges. Soviet cables were deciphered, revealing Julius codename to be LIBERAL. LIBERAL was mentioned in numerous documents. [48], On June 19, 1953, Julius died after the first electric shock. Most of them clearly regarded the Rosenbergs as martyred heroes and more than 500 mourners attended to-day's services, while a crowd estimated at 10,000 stood outside in burning heat. Her children were shunted around and then went into care. She became involved in labor disputes and joined the Young Communist League, where she met Julius in 1936. They were charged with conspiracy and providing atomic secrets to the USSR. Due to the recent evidence provided by Sobells interview, witness testimonies, and the Venona documents, calls have been made for Ethels exoneration. The Meeropols were both teachers, and Abel was also a lyricist. 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Du Bois wrote a poem titled "The Rosenbergs", which began "Crucify us, Vengeance of God, as we crucify two more Jews" and ended "Who has been crowned on yonder stair? In the following year Julius obtained a job as a civilian engineer with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and he and Ethel began working together to disclose U.S. military secrets to the Soviet Union. Ethel Greenglass and Julius Rosenberg were both born into immigrant Jewish families in New York City during World War I. "[56], Boris V. Brokhovich, the engineer who later became director of Chelyabinsk-40, the plutonium production reactor and extraction facility that the Soviet Union used to create its first bomb material, alleged that Khrushchev was a "silly fool". [60], In 1995, the U.S. government made public many documents decoded by the Venona project, showing Julius Rosenberg's role as part of a productive ring of spies. [69], In 2008, Morton Sobell was interviewed after the revelations from grand jury testimony. The second son of read more. They were convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Espionage in one of the most hotly-debated trials in U.S. history. read more, When the clock struck midnight on June 19, 2014, King Juan Carlos I of Spains nearly 40-year reign came to an end. I find innocence quite a difficult word to use with Ethel, she says. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Timeline of Events Relating to the Rosenberg Trial. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg devoted a great deal of time in prison to crafting eloquent protestations of their complete innocence. The Venona project documents were still highly classified at the time of the trial and therefore could not be used as evidence. The direct evidence of the Rosenbergs involvement came from the confessions and testimonies of David and Ruth Greenglass. And, in fact, the Rosenbergs themselves essentially believed that they had done nothing wrong in the grand scheme of things. 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