The Rosenberg Trial Essay Example
The Rosenberg trial, which ended in a
double execution in 1953, was one of the century's most
controversial trials. It was sometimes referred to as, "the
best publicized spy hunt of all times" as it came to the public
eye in the time of atom-spy hysteria. Husband and wife,
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged with conspiracy to
commit espionage. Most of the controversy surrounding this
case came from mass speculation that there were influences
being reinforced by behind-the-scenes pressure, mainly from
the government, which was detected through much
inconsistencies in testimonies and other misconduct in the
court. Many shared the belief that Ethel Rosenberg
expressed best as she wrote in one of her last letters before
being executed, "-knowing my husband and I must be
vindicated by history...We are the first victims of American
Fascism." Some people believed that the Rosenbergs had a
vulnerable background which made these innocent people
fall victim to the government. In September 1940 Julius
Rosenberg was hired by US army Signal Corps as a junior
engineer, but fired March 1945 because he was found to be
a member of the communist party. He was employed in
1945 with Emerson Radio. Finally, in 1946 Bernard
Greenglass, his brother-in-law, asked him to a join war
surplus business called Pitt Machine Products Company.
Ethel Rosenberg supported herself as a teenager through
pageant prize money she won as a singer and dancer. Later
on she was employed as a clerk for National Shipping but
lost her job for union activities. They lived a happily married
life with two sons until June 15, 1950 when brother-in-law,
David Greenglass named Julius and Ethel as people who
recruited him to spy for the Soviet Union. The case judged
by Irving R. Kaufman began on March 6,1957. The
Rosenbergs, as well as Morton Sobell, were accused of
delivering information, documents, sketches and other
material vital to the national defense of our country, to a
double execution in 1953, was one of the century's most
controversial trials. It was sometimes referred to as, "the
best publicized spy hunt of all times" as it came to the public
eye in the time of atom-spy hysteria. Husband and wife,
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged with conspiracy to
commit espionage. Most of the controversy surrounding this
case came from mass speculation that there were influences
being reinforced by behind-the-scenes pressure, mainly from
the government, which was detected through much
inconsistencies in testimonies and other misconduct in the
court. Many shared the belief that Ethel Rosenberg
expressed best as she wrote in one of her last letters before
being executed, "-knowing my husband and I must be
vindicated by history...We are the first victims of American
Fascism." Some people believed that the Rosenbergs had a
vulnerable background which made these innocent people
fall victim to the government. In September 1940 Julius
Rosenberg was hired by US army Signal Corps as a junior
engineer, but fired March 1945 because he was found to be
a member of the communist party. He was employed in
1945 with Emerson Radio. Finally, in 1946 Bernard
Greenglass, his brother-in-law, asked him to a join war
surplus business called Pitt Machine Products Company.
Ethel Rosenberg supported herself as a teenager through
pageant prize money she won as a singer and dancer. Later
on she was employed as a clerk for National Shipping but
lost her job for union activities. They lived a happily married
life with two sons until June 15, 1950 when brother-in-law,
David Greenglass named Julius and Ethel as people who
recruited him to spy for the Soviet Union. The case judged
by Irving R. Kaufman began on March 6,1957. The
Rosenbergs, as well as Morton Sobell, were accused of
delivering information, documents, sketches and other
material vital to the national defense of our country, to a