Guilty or innocent? The story of Ethyl and Julius Rosenberg
It was shortly after World War Two, and the nation was going through another Red Scare. Being a suspected communist made one as guilty as being a serial murderer in America. Communist North Korea and China had recently invaded South Korea, and the USSR had recently discovered the secret to atomic weapons. When Russia detonated its first atom bomb, Americans were infuriated. They wanted to know how their Communist enemy got the secret to this dangerous weapon, and they wanted to blame someone.
The Rosenbergs had led innocent enough lives. Julius and Ethyl had met at a communist convention, and were married shortly after, in 1939. …
