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...which the Nazis would soon order them to board would take them, not to resettlement farms in the East, but to gas chambers. One of these escapees was a 19-year-old former student who had been a prisoner in Auschwitz for nearly two years. His name was Walter Rosenberg, but he called himself Rudolf Vrba...
Although during the weeks preceding the executions massive protests took place in cities throughout the world (the first major anti-American demonstrations of the post-war period), the furor over the case died very quickly. The Rosenberg children, Michael and Robert, were adopted by a family whose name they took. Greenglass went to prison, served part of his time, and is presently living under an assumed name. Harry Gold died ten years ago, shortly after his release from prison...
...place, was it really of such consequence that the death penalty should even have been considered? The answer to the second question was stated succinctly by scientist Phillip Morrison who holds a co-patent on the atomic bomb, on the television program The Unquiet Death of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: "There is no secret to the atomic bomb." Clearly the Rosenbergs were executed for invalid reasons in the sense that it was simply impossible to attribute Soviet possession of the atomic bomb to their actions, as Judge Kaufman did. In addition, setting aside the moral question of capital punishment...
...controversy over the Rosenberg Case will not simply subside. Michael and Robert Meeropol have made clear their intention to press for a full investigation. While the damage done to them can never be undone, it is still of great importance that the government, at the very least, reopen the case...
Discovering the truth about the Rosenbergs is not simply an academic problem. It is essential, particularly in light of recent events, to examine any possible abuse of governmental power so that steps can be taken to make sure that it does not recur. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg should be alive today. The sickness which killed them, a paranoid fear of deviancy, may be less prevalent in America today than it was twenty-one years ago, but it is still very much with...