Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

During WWII, the Soviets were allies with the Allied powers. However, after the war ended, democratic countries were in a cold war against Soviet-run Communist nations that clearly wanted to spread communism throughout Eastern Europe. Many occurrences had Americans concerned about the expansion of communism, from the blockade of West Berlin by the Soviets in 1948, to Mao Zedong’s taking over of China in October 1948. Even though Americans were afraid of the spread of communism, they assumed that…

has occasional interactions with a ghost of someone whom he had gotten killed in the past, Ethel Rosenberg. Kushner’s use of Ethel Rosenberg in his fantasia as a ghost who isn’t necessarily haunting but just appearing when Roy is in pain helps develop the key theme about denial in the play and shows the readers another viewpoint of Ethel than the one people knew and how she had changed Roy. Ethel Rosenberg has…

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage of U.S. atomic bomb secrets in 1951 ("Rosenbergs Trial." 401; “Rosenbergs Executed”). David Greenglass, Ethel’s brother, provided the main testimony for the prosecution (“Rosenberg Trial” 403). Greenglass worked with Julius in a machine shop, but was later given a job working on the Manhattan Project (“Rosenberg Trial” 401). Greenglass provided Julius with drawings of the atomic bomb and…

Government against Two: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg’s Trial begins with a synopsis of the trial against accused spy Brian Patrick Regan in January 2003. Regan was accused of espionage and providing classified information to Iraq, Libya and China and became the first espionage defendant to face execution since Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1953. The author, Atossa Alavi, describes the correlation between the new war on terrorism in the Regan case and the era of the Cold War in the Rosenberg…

An examination of the activities that Julius Rosenberg participated in during the years 1943 to 1950 show that he was responsible for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets. This happened while Julius Rosenberg was living in New York City with his wife Ethel, while raising a family. During World War II, Julius Rosenberg began to work as an agent for the Soviet Union and partnered with his brother-in-law, David Greenglass, to help him gather information for the Soviets. Greenglass worked as a…

Espionage; The practice of spying or using spies, typically by governments to gain political or military information. This tactic was applied during a very tense time in the world, the Cold War era between the powers of the United States of America and the Soviet Union. Due to technology, the time between 1947-1991, the pressure of the situation was very clear. The threat of nuclear war was always right around the corner. The phrase “cold war” is defined by dictionary.com as an “intense…

In the article, “Case Against Rosenberg Falls Apart,” we see communism and the Soviet Union affecting the U.S negatively. During the Cold War in 1947, the U.S and Soviet Union were competing to develop better weaponry, and an overall more powerful country; both countries believed that the more technological advancements, the more strength they had. Communism—a political theory that states everyone is equal and gets equal pay no matter their stance in society—was feared by many Americans.…

domestic threat through The Cold War and the era of McCarthyism and The Red Score. This was a hard but confusing time for many including Karl Marx. Cold war debated that they had high evidence about the threat, they also included Alger hiss and Julius &Ethel Rosenberg. This to his involvement was less distinguish and misleading the courts. This document shows you that Alger pointed more…

UFO’s are flying around invading the world trying to take over. Imagine how you would feel if this was happening in real life. People would be forced to do what they say when they say it. They would practically be human robots always being told what to do and if you broke one law and or tried to fight back you could be executed. This is what Communism was like. In 1946 The Soviet Union was trying to spread it’s communism all throughout the world and when the United States tried to step in it to…

Theodore Hall, David Greenglass, Julius Rosenberg, and Ethel Rosenberg. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were a married American couple that never actually worked on the Manhattan Project, they just received the documents/plans and passed them onto the Soviets, and they also recruited people to join the Soviet Union. David Greenglass was the younger brother to Ethel Rosenberg and he served in the army while giving information to his sister and brother-in-law. Ethel and Julius convinced David to start…