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

Doctorow's fictionalized version of the Rosenberg case in the novel "The Book of Daniel."

From Chicago Tribune • Oct. 14, 2014

Doctorow's biggest gamble was sinking his energies into the Rosenberg case in the first place.

From Time Magazine Archive

Government point in the Rosenberg case is not understood by one citizen in 100.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pope Pius XII, said L'Osservatore Romano, semi-official Vatican newspaper, had personally intervened in the Rosenberg case, had asked the President for clemency.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aided by the passage of time, the steady drumfire of Communist propaganda had done much to becloud the facts of the Rosenberg case.

From Time Magazine Archive