THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
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plotting to overthrow the U.S. government
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lying to the House of Un-American Activities Committee
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recruiting communist sympathizers to spy for the Soviet Union
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Rosenbergs were charged with conspiracy to commit espionage and brought to trial on March 6, 1951; Greenglass was the chief witness for the prosecution. On March 29 they were found guilty, and on April 5 the couple was sentenced to death.
Detailed explanation-2: -’The crime of the century’ The Rosenberg trial was sparked by the arrest for espionage of the British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs in England in February 1950.
Detailed explanation-3: -On June 19, 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, are executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. Both refused to admit any wrongdoing and proclaimed their innocence right up to the time of their deaths, by the electric chair.