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Bezig met laden... The Implosion Conspiracydoor Louis Nizer
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The espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg with its multiple twist and turns. This is been called the greatest spy story of the 20th century. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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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. (