Rosenberg case

Cultural  

1. A court case involving Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, an American couple who were executed in 1953 as spies for the Soviet Union. Some have argued that the Rosenbergs were innocent victims of McCarthy-era hysteria against communists or of anti-Semitism (they were Jewish). Others contend that they were indeed Soviet spies.

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Example Sentences

The full texts of both versions are reprinted in “Final Verdict: What Really Happened in the Rosenberg Case,” by Walter Schneir, with a preface and afterword written by me.

From New York Times

A memo recounting an “often-hostile, sometimes-shouting” appearance he made on a radio show in 1975 to debate the merits of the Rosenberg case notes his involvement in “two pending cases.”

From New York Times

Blum’s book is especially valuable in rebutting the dwindling few who still believe the Rosenberg case was about the government seeking to curb the civil liberties of dissenters.

From New York Times

Michael Meeropol said Thursday that he remembers taking part in the White House protest 63 years ago and seeing a broad coalition of supporters and signs that said such things as “The electric chair can’t kill the doubts in the Rosenberg case.”

From Washington Post

“Popular Crime” is both a survey of true crimes and a survey of true crime as a genre; James did not conduct original reporting about, say, the Rosenberg case or Natalee Holloway’s disappearance, but he immersed himself deeply in the available material.

From The New Yorker