Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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American citizens married couple

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens convicted and executed in 1953 for conspiring to pass atomic secrets to the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ethel Rosenberg 4
Julius Rosenberg 3
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American citizens ⓘ
married couple ⓘ
allegedRole passing information about military technology ⓘ
passing information about nuclear weapons ⓘ
allegedToHavePassed atomic secrets ⓘ
allegedToHaveSpiedFor Soviet Union ⓘ
caseBecame major Cold War controversy ⓘ
caseComparedTo Sacco and Vanzetti case ⓘ
caseInfluenced American left-wing politics ⓘ
U.S. discourse on national security ⓘ
public opinion on McCarthyism ⓘ
chargedWith conspiracy to commit espionage ⓘ
children Michael Meeropol ⓘ
Michael Meeropol ⓘ
surface form: Robert Meeropol
coDefendant Morton Sobell ⓘ
convictedOf conspiracy to commit espionage ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfExecution 1953-06-19 ⓘ
defenseAttorney Emanuel Hirsch Bloch ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
historicalPeriod mid-20th century United States ⓘ
ideologyAssociatedWith communism ⓘ
languageOfTrial English ⓘ
legalStatusAtDeath convicted felons ⓘ
maritalStatus married to each other ⓘ
memorializedBy Rosenberg Fund for Children ⓘ
methodOfExecution electric chair ⓘ
notableFor being executed for conspiracy to commit espionage ⓘ
espionage for the Soviet Union ⓘ
occupation political activists ⓘ
placeOfExecution Sing Sing Correctional Facility ⓘ
presidingJudge Irving Kaufman ⓘ
prosecutedUnder Espionage Act of 1917 ⓘ
prosecutor Irving Saypol ⓘ
referencedIn Soviet underground apparatus in the United States ⓘ
surface form: Venona project decrypts
religion Judaism ⓘ
sentencedTo death ⓘ
spiedDuring Cold War ⓘ
subjectOf debate about antisemitism in the U.S. justice system ⓘ
debate about fairness of their trial ⓘ
documentary films ⓘ
numerous books ⓘ
political debate about capital punishment ⓘ
the opera "The Rosenbergs" ⓘ
theatrical plays ⓘ
trialHeldIn United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Westchester Hills Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ⓘ
Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage) → notableSpy → Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Julius Rosenberg
Soviet atomic bomb project (indirectly, via espionage) → notableSpy → Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethel Rosenberg
Roy Cohn in Angels in America (Broadway revival) → hasRelationshipWith → Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethel Rosenberg
Roy Cohn in Angels in America (Broadway revival) → isHauntedBy → Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethel Rosenberg
We Didn't Start the Fire → mentions → Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosenbergs
Sing Sing → hasNotableInmate → Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Julius Rosenberg
Sing Sing → hasNotableInmate → Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethel Rosenberg
Julius → hasNotableBearer → Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Julius Rosenberg