Rawhide is ok. Next on American History tv a panel of espionage historians talk about julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the spy couple who leaked secrets about the atom bomb to the russians. They discuss the role of antisemitism in their prosecution, and the eventual execution of the treasonous couple that sparked National Debate in the u. S. This 90 minute event to place in the National Archives in washington d. C. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I will get us going. I am the Senior Adviser of the pulitzer center. A harvard Professor Emeritus im happy to add, and a former journalist for cbs and nbc. Our program focuses on the rosenbergs and the role they played in soviet espionage in the United States during the cold war. It is a heck of a story. To start with. Im sure you are all here because you are involved in it emotionally or intellectually. It is a story that goes back to the 1930s when young people joined the communist party in the United States, and world war ii came along, and t
They formed that bond with him and i think that carried him through. It kept him from getting a lot more trouble in places where other president s would have faced a lot rougher time. Rawhide is ok. Up next, a panel of espionage historians talk about julius and Ethel Rosenberg. A spy couple who leaked secrets of the atom bomb. The role of antisemitism in their prosecution, and the eventual execution of the treasonous couple that sparked National Debate in the u. S. This 90 minute event to place in the National Archives in washington dc. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I will get us going. I am the Senior Adviser of the pulitzer center. A harvard professor emeritus, im happy to add, and a former journalist for cbs and nbc. Our program focuses on the rosenbergs and the role they played in soviet espionage in the United States during the cold war. It is a heck of a story. To start with. Im sure you are all here because you are involved in it, emotionally or intellectually. It is a stor
Talking about both people accused on the base of solid evidence of providing information in the making of atomic weapons from the United States to the soviet union. They were americans who are doing what they thought was right. It started in early 1950, when one of the most important soviet spies, a physicist, was arrested and fbi officials learned that he had passed information to moscow by courier, a courier named harry gold. Under interrogation gold identified David Greenglass as his contact. Greenglass identified Julius Rosenberg as the leader of a key spy ring. In june of 1950, julius and his wife ethel were arrested. Both of them charged with conspiracy to commit espionage under the espionage act of 1917. In march of 1951 they were convicted. In june of 1953 they were executed. Since that time, there has been new information produced, and we will talk about some of the new information this evening. What i would like to do now is quickly get into the introduction of the people who
Will persevere and stay with something until you get it done. I survived a bout of appendicitis. My 10 this my appendix actually ruptured. It was hours before actually had any medical attention to deal with that. Did not know what it was. I felt better after it ruptured. Intensive care for weeks, titos major surgery spirit my folks thought they were going to lose me. You did not know it was just that it had ruptured . I did not. It suddenly felt better and the pressure was relieved and i went outside and played, on a saturday. I that night, i was doubled over in pain. I asked my mother during that time, am i going to die . She said we do not know, but we are praying and we think you will make it. Our weeklong profile of congressional freshmen begins to my night with representative Steve Russell tomorrow night on cspan. Also tomorrow night, portions from a recent conference of independence. Speakers discuss changes to the political system that could help candidates and the advantages of
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