“A Very Ticklish Problem”: The AJC Response to the Rosenberg Trial & Execution
By Lauren Gilbert
Director of Public Services, Center for Jewish History
“A Very Ticklish Problem”: The AJC Response to the Rosenberg Trial & Execution
Convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed 70 years ago on June 19, 1953, the first and only American civilians to face the death penalty for espionage. At the time, many…
