Rosenberg
/ˈrəʊznbɜːɡ/
/ˈrəʊznbɜːrɡ/
- the name of a US married couple, Julius Rosenberg (1918-53) and his wife Ethel Rosenberg (1915-53), who were executed in 1953 for giving the Soviet Union secret US nuclear information during the Second World War. Many people thought they were innocent and there are still doubts about the evidence.
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