An even-handed legal analysis of the Rosenberg trial. Biographical background of the Rosenbergs and others involved is given, along with explanation of the political attitudes of the times in which they lived.

The Rosenbergs WERE Communists, but their lifestyle belied the accusation that they were such well-paid spymasters. The saddest part of the whole thing to me was the self-serving testimony of Ethel's brother which resulted in such a disparity of sentences (including his wife's never being charged).

Were they guilty? I don't know, but they did themselves no favor by their invoking the Fifth on many crucial questions.

I was a very little girl during these events and always thought they were executed for treason. Not so; they were convicted for CONSPIRACY to commit espionage. I wonder if anyone else was ever executed on this charge in America. ( )

Case 15 shelf 2