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The Rosenberg Case


 * Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American Communists executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit __espionage__.
 * __Espionage__- The act or practice of spying; The use of spies by government to discover the military and political secrets of another nation.
 * Never before had any citizens been executed for espionage.

The Rosenberg's Background The Rosenburg's Betrayal
 * Julius Rosenberg was a Jewish immigrant born in New York City May 12, 1918.
 * Ethel (Greenglass) Rosenberg was born September 28, 1915 in New York City and was also Jewish.
 * Julius went to Seward Park High school
 * He joined the the "Young Communist League" where he also became a leader. He met his future wife Ethel Greenglass who was also in the "YCL" they married three years after.
 * Julius attended the City College of New York and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering.
 * ​ Julius then joined the United States Army Signal Corps he worked as an engineer inspector, but was fired for being involved with a communist party. Which at the time was considered extremely Un- American.
 * Ethel's future plans were to become an actress or singer, but instead became employed by a shipping company as a secretary.
 * The Couple had two sons which they named Robert and Michael.
 * When the Rosenbergs were executed their sons were adopted by a song writing teacher Abel Meeropol.

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 * The Rosenburg's were said to have been passing information to the Soviet Union about America's building of the atomic bomb.
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Julius was said to have worked as a recruiter and courier for the Soviet Unions KGB he was said to have provided almost thousands of classified reports.
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Julius also provided the KGB with a real __proximity fuse__.
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">__Proximity Fuse__- Fuze designed to detinate an explosive device automatically w[[image:423px-MK53_fuze.jpg width="431" height="451" align="right" caption="Proximity Fuze"]]hen a target passes through a given plane.
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Proximity Fuses were considered one of the most important weapon discoveries of World War 2
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Julius Rosenberg collected information on top secret aircrafts such as Lockheed's P-80 Shooting Star.
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">He aslo collected information from his brother -in-law (David Greenglass) on the classified Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Lab.