Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg: References & Edit History
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Virginia Carmichael, Framing History: The Rosenberg Story and the Cold War (1993), emphasizes treatments of the Rosenbergs’ case in literature, art, and culture. Marjorie Garber and Rebecca L. Walkowitz (eds.), Secret Agents: The Rosenberg Case, McCarthyism, and Fifties America (1995), places the case within the social and cultural context of the United States in the 1950s.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Zinn Education Project - March 29, 1951 : Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Convicted of Espionage. | Aug 17, 2026 | ||
| Article updated and media added. | Jun 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Revisiting the Legacy of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. | Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: FBI - Atom Spy Case/Rosenbergs. | Jul 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Oklahoma - The National and International to the Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (PDF). | Feb 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alpha History - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. | Dec 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Zinn Education Project - March 29, 1951 : Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Convicted of Espionage. | Aug 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atomic Archive - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (d 1953). | May 30, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC News - Ethel Rosenberg was convicted of espionage and executed in 1953. But did she really deserve to die? | Feb 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atomic Heriage Foundation - The Rosenberg Trial. | Dec 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rosenberg Fund for Children - The Rosenberg Case. | May 01, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Trials - Rosenberg Trial (1951). | Jan 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atomic Heritage Foundation - The Rosenberg Trial. | Nov 02, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. | Aug 28, 2022 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 29, 2020 | ||
| Changed the sentence "Ethel became the first woman executed in the United States since..." to "Ethel became the first woman executed by the U.S. government since..." | Aug 18, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 13, 2011 | ||
| Added the dates of their conviction (March 29, 1951) and sentencing (April 5, 1951). | Mar 11, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 14, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Rosenberg Case. | Nov 10, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 24, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 23, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Oct 27, 1999 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 14, 1998 |
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