Morton Sobell

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Morton Sobell was an American engineer and Soviet spy who was convicted alongside Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in one of the most famous espionage cases of the Cold War.

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instanceOf American spy for the Soviet Union
Cold War spy
Soviet spy
engineer
human
allegiance United States of America
authorOf On Doing Time NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath natural causes
coDefendant Ethel Rosenberg NERFINISHED
Julius Rosenberg NERFINISHED
confessedTo spying for the Soviet Union during World War II
confessionDate 2008
convictedIn United States District Court for the Southern District of New York NERFINISHED
convictedOf conspiracy to commit espionage
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1917-04-11
dateOfDeath 2018-12-26
dateOfParole 1969
educatedAt City College of New York NERFINISHED
Columbia University
Stuyvesant High School NERFINISHED
employer General Electric NERFINISHED
Navy Bureau of Ordnance NERFINISHED
Reeves Instrument Corporation NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Jewish American NERFINISHED
familyName Sobell NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork electrical engineering
givenName Morton NERFINISHED
livedDuring 20th century
21st century
notableFor being convicted in the Rosenberg espionage case
notableWork On Doing Time NERFINISHED
occupation electrical engineer
engineer
espionage agent
participantIn Cold War NERFINISHED
Rosenberg espionage case
placeOfBirth Manhattan
New York City
placeOfDeath Manhattan NERFINISHED
New York City
placeOfDetention Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary NERFINISHED
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary NERFINISHED
residence New York City
sentencedTo 30 years in federal prison
sexOrGender male
spiedFor Soviet Union NERFINISHED
spouse Helen Levitov Sobell NERFINISHED

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg coDefendant Morton Sobell
subject surface form: Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg