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March 21, 1951
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage
In
one of the most sensational trials in American history, Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg are convicted of espionage for their role in passing atomic secrets
to the Soviets during and after World War II. The husband and wife were later
sentenced to death and were executed in 1953.
The
conviction of the Rosenbergs was the climax of a fast-paced series of events
that were set in motion with the arrest of British physicist Klaus Fuchs in
Great Britain in February 1950. Fuchs almost immediately confessed his role and
began a series of accusations. Fuchs confessed that American Harry Gold had
served as a courier for the Soviet agents to whom Fuchs passed along his
information.
American
authorities captured Gold, who thereupon pointed the finger at David
Greenglass, a young man who worked at the laboratory where the atomic bomb had
been developed. Gold claimed Greenglass was even more heavily involved in
spying than Fuchs. Upon his arrest, Greenglass readily confessed and then
accused his sister and brother-in-law, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, of being the
spies who controlled the entire operation.
Julius was arrested in July and Ethel in August 1950.
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