Rosenbergs,convicted Cold War spies. Wife and husband Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (left,1915-1953) and Julius Rosenberg (right,1918-1953) after being convicted of passing atom bomb secrets from the USA to the USSR. They were arrested in August 1950,in New York City,USA,and convicted on 29 March 1951. Soviet handlers later said that Julius had been recruited in 1942,but it is thought he did not supply any crucial nuclear secrets,and that Ethel only played a minor role. Despite appeals for clemency,the Rosenbergs were executed on 19 June 1953,the only two US civilians to be executed for espionage during the Cold War |