Julius Rosenberg

June 19, 1953.

On March 29, 1951, a jury found Julius Rosenberg, his wife Ethel, and a third defendant, Morton Sabell, guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.

Judge Irving Kaufman passed sentence a week later, on April 5th.

Sabelle got 30 years in prison.

So the trial in general, it gets tons of media attention.

At the time, like when we look into the future, like this trial was like R. Casey Anthony, or it was like the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, or O.J. Simpson.

Actually, I'm going to say she was our Casey Anthony, even though she's filter pants and not a child.

But she is our Casey Anthony.

Just the last line, also of interest.

Also of interest is that Meerpool and his wife Anne adopted the two sons of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed for giving nuclear weapon secrets to the Soviets during the Cold War.

Pat says, Pat McCoy says, big fan of your podcast.

Well, thank you for that research.

... sort of McCarthy witch hunts.

This is when you have, um, the Rosenberg spy case.

You know, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are, are convicted of, of spying for the Soviets, and then I think become the only Americans to be executed for espionage outside of wartime.

But then, of course, the Red Scare kind of, it goes wild.

Yeah.

That was something.

Executed in 1953, Julius Rosenberg was, and, um, and Ethel Rosenberg as well.

Uh, they, uh, really gave her the juice.

Really, uh, juiced it up.

She did a documentary.

Ivy's grandfather and grandmother were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.

And there were photos in the movie that I couldn't source.

I couldn't find where they came from.