Wartime and post-wartime paranoia.
The Julius and Ethel Rosenberg cases were an enormous factor in increasing fear of Communism in the US , as well as the Alger Hiss case .
Many believed that their conviction was influenced by anti-Semitism.
They really aren't. The Salem Witch Trials tried regular people accused of witchcraft and convicted in Puritan society. The Rosenburg Trials tried two people who were trying to spy on the US during a time of diplomatic hostilities.
Ethel Rosenberg is 4' 11".
Off with your head!
The case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg was based largely on the word of one confessed spy.
The case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg was based largely on the word of one confessed spy.
The case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg was based largely on the word of one confessed spy.
the case against julius and ethel rosenberg was based largely on the word of one confessed spy.
The papers confirmed that Julius Rosenberg was a spy.
The papers confirmed that Julius Rosenberg was a spy.
c the fact that people as influential as the rosenbergs were communist raised concern
The Julius and Ethel Rosenberg cases were an enormous factor in increasing fear of Communism in the US , as well as the Alger Hiss case .
My book states "The most dramatic spy case to come before HUAC involved the atomic bomb. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, a New York couple who were members of the Communist Party, were accused of plotting to pass secret information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union." So my answer is Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
First US civilians to suffer death penalty in an espionage trial! and the case was controversial because many claim that they never really had a chance for a fair trial considering the political climate at the time.
Rosenberg case was fuel to the anti communist feeling. The case led the country to believe that it was full of communist trying to overthrow the government.
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