Declassified US Memo on Ethel Rosenberg Confirms She Was No Spy: Time for President Biden to Correct the Record
Nearly 75 years after our mother, Ethel Rosenberg, was arrested for conspiracy to commit espionage and 50 years since we filed our first legal action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to... Read More
I wrote a book on the execution of the Rosenbergs for Cold War spying – and a recently declassified document has convinced me that Ethel was innocent
The sons of an American woman executed for spying on the United States during the Cold War want President Joe Biden to clear her name before he leaves office.
Ethel Rosenberg's Sons Say FOIA Documents Clear Her Name
For half a century, intense government secrecy has surrounded the most notorious McCarthy-era espionage case in history—the investigation, prosecution and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the... Read More
Brothers seek exoneration of mother Ethel Rosenberg in Soviet spy case; declassified documents a ‘smoking gun’
For decades, Northampton resident Robert Meeropol and his brother Michael Meeropol have been pleading the case that their mother, Ethel Rosenberg, was not a spy.
Newly released document from the NSA confirms Ethel Rosenberg was executed for a crime she didn’t commit
The National Security Agency released a 74-year-old previously classified document “confirming that the U.S. government knew that Ethel Rosenberg was not a spy long before her trial and execution,”... Read More
Newly released memo clears Ethel Rosenberg of spying, but says she knew her husband did; sons seek her exoneration
NORTHAMPTON — A top U.S. codebreaker of secret Soviet Cold War communications concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husband’s spying activities but “did not engage in the work herself,”... Read More
Declassified memo proves Ethel Rosenberg was not a Soviet spy
A top US government codebreaker who decrypted secret Soviet communications during the cold war concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husband’s activities but “did not engage in the work... Read More
Family of Ethel Rosenberg say US document proves she was no Soviet spy
The family of Ethel Rosenberg, who was sent to the electric chair along with her husband, Julius, in 1953 after being convicted of spying for the Soviets at the height of the Red Scare, have called... Read More
Declassified memo from US codebreaker sheds light on Ethel Rosenberg’s Cold War spy case
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. government codebreaker who decrypted secret Soviet communications during the Cold War concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husband’s activities but “did not... Read More
Sons of Cold War spies reinvestigate their parents' case
It was called "The Crime of the Century," one of the most famous espionage cases of the Cold War. In 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sent to the electric chair for conspiring to provide... Read More
Feds used Ethel Rosenberg as leverage against Soviet spy husband, executed her with insufficient evidence: report
The U.S. government used convicted Soviet spy Ethel Rosenberg as a “pawn” in the case against her atomic-secret-stealing husband despite a lack of evidence, a new inquiry into the execution of the... Read More
Ethel Rosenberg Was Collateral Damage In Soviet Spy Case, Sons Say
Heard on Morning Edition | In 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed on spying convictions. Steve Inskeep talks to Robert and Michael Meeropol, the Rosenberg sons, about their quest to have... Read More
For Ethel Rosenberg, a presidential pardon
Editorial | Ethel Rosenberg died June 19, 1953, executed by her government for a crime she did not commit. In what became the most notorious spy case of the Cold War, Rosenberg and her husband Julius... Read More
The Meeropol Brothers: Exonerate Our Mother, Ethel Rosenberg
Our parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, were executed on June 19, 1953, after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. That was the formal legal charge, but in the public’s mind they were... Read More
Sons Robert and Michael Meeropol claim secret transcript release proves innocence of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
The sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the couple infamously convicted of espionage and executed by the government in 1953, believe the release Wednesday of grand jury testimony by Ethel Rosenberg’s... Read More
Secret Grand Jury Testimony From Ethel Rosenberg’s Brother Is Released
More than six decades later, the prosecution of Ethel Rosenberg remains one of America’s most controversial criminal cases: Her conviction — and eventual execution — for joining in her husband Julius... Read More