How it Was Solved
Julius Rosenberg was arrested for suspicion of espionage on June 17, 1950,
accused of communicating top-secret information about the atomic
bombs to the Soviet Union. Two months later, Ethel Rosenberg was
taken into custody. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were consequently implicated
by Ethel’s brother, David Greenglass. He was a former army sergeant and
machinist at Los Alamos: the secret atomic bomb lab in New Mexico. Shortly
after, David Greenglass implicated himself for providing nuclear secrets to an
intermediary. The Rosenbergs attempted to protest their innocence, but after
a brief trial that began on March 6, 1951, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were
convicted of the crime. On April 5, 1951, a judge sentenced the two to death.
The two Americans who were convicted on spying on behalf of the USSR were
taken to Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York. Here, they awaited their
execution. The Rosenbergs were on death row for two years before they
were finally executed by electric chair on June 19, 1953.
accused of communicating top-secret information about the atomic
bombs to the Soviet Union. Two months later, Ethel Rosenberg was
taken into custody. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were consequently implicated
by Ethel’s brother, David Greenglass. He was a former army sergeant and
machinist at Los Alamos: the secret atomic bomb lab in New Mexico. Shortly
after, David Greenglass implicated himself for providing nuclear secrets to an
intermediary. The Rosenbergs attempted to protest their innocence, but after
a brief trial that began on March 6, 1951, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were
convicted of the crime. On April 5, 1951, a judge sentenced the two to death.
The two Americans who were convicted on spying on behalf of the USSR were
taken to Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York. Here, they awaited their
execution. The Rosenbergs were on death row for two years before they
were finally executed by electric chair on June 19, 1953.