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When Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in 1953, they left behind two young sons. This outtake from our episode on the Rosenbergs follows Michael and Robert from the Jewish institutional system to the couple who gave them a new name, Meeropol. Yael and Schwab also revisit the Venona cables, where every Soviet spy had a code name except Ethel, and ask what the Jewish community’s near-silence on the Rosenbergs says about the golden age of American Jewry.
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Here's a link to the full episode: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg: The case that divided American Jews.
Heir to an Execution: A Granddaughter's Story, by Ivy Meeropol.
An Execution in the Family: One Son’s Journey, by Rober Meerpol.
We Are Your Sons: The Legacy of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Here is an image of the Rosenbergs' grave.
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