Subscribe
Crime

Crime History: Rosenbergs sentenced for passing A-bomb secrets

By Scott McCabe
Published
Add Washington Examiner on Google

On this day, April 5, in 1951, American communists Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for providing government secrets, including details of the atomic bomb, to the Soviet Union.

 

Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account
Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.

Full midterm coverage.Deeper analysis.

Get unlimited access to Washington Examiner's reporting, expert analysis, and coverage of the midterm elections.

Get Unlimited Access

Cancel anytime.

Tag:

Scott McCabe