Curated OER
National Security; The Rosenbergs, Espionage
Students research the history of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg as a lens through which to consider that cases involving a breach of national security tend to be very complicated. They reflect that problems with national security have...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Famous Trials: Trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Everything you need to know about the tTrial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Included is a chronology of the events leading up to the trial, biographies for all of the trial participants, a complete transcript of the trial, plus much more.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Anti Communism in the 1950s
[Free Registration/Login Required] An essay tracing the anti-Communist hysteria beginning in earnest at the end of World War II that resulted in Truman's federal Loyalty Security program and ending with McCarthyism in the 1950s.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Rosenberg Case
Primary source documents related to the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were charged with conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union, by passing on the secret of how to construct the atomic bomb. They were convicted and...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Testimony of Ethel Rosenberg, Witness for the Defense
Provides the actual text of the testimony of Ethel Rosenberg in her trial.
Other
Jewish Women's Archive: Ethel Rosenberg
A biographical account of the life of accused spies, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of espionage, sentenced, and executed in spite of intense public pressure in response to the widespread belief that they were innocent.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Eye Contact: Ethel Rosenberg
Listen to Wendy Wick Reaves, curator at the National Portrait Gallery, discuss this pencil drawing of convicted spy, Ethel Rosenberg, and what the drawing meant to the artist, Elizabeth Catlett.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Red Scare America
Describes the events that took place during the McCarthy Era and actions of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Ordinary Americans feared being identified as a Communist sympathizer and libraries removed books from their shelves...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Testimony of Julius Rosenberg, Witness for the Defense
Provides the actual text of the testimony of Julius Rosenberg.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Rosenberg Trial: Biographies of Trial Participants
Provides biographies for the participants in the Rosenberg trial, including the defendants, the defense attorney, assorted spies, prosecuting attorneys, prosecution witnesses, the judge, the sons, and chroniclers.