Orig. bildtext... DEATH SENTENCE FOR U.S. ATOM SPY COUPLE. Yesterday in a New York Federal court, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, husband and wife, found guilty of passing wartime atom bomb secrets to Russia, were sentenced to die in the electric chair. The couple were part of the spy ring, run by Dr. Klaus Fuchs, sentenced to 14 years, last year, and are the first to receive the death sentence for atom spying. Photo shows: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by wire screen, photographed in the patrol waggon after receiveing the death sentence yesterday. Anm. Det amerikanska paret Rosenberg är de enda i USA som avrättats för spioneri i fredstid. Den allvarligaste anklagelsen var att de 1944-45 förmedlade atomhemligheter till Sovjetunionen. Se även BAX524 och BAI403 persons: ETHEL ROSENBERG;JULIUS ROSENBERG sites: USA;NEW YORK.
Orig. bildtext... DEATH SENTENCE FOR U.S. ATOM SPY COUPLE. Yesterday in a New York Federal court, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, husband and wife, found guilty of passing wartime atom bomb secrets to Russia, were sentenced to die in the electric chair. The couple were part of the spy ring, run by Dr. Klaus Fuchs, sentenced to 14 years, last year, and are the first to receive the death sentence for atom spying. Photo shows: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by wire screen, photographed in the patrol waggon after receiveing the death sentence yesterday. Anm. Det amerikanska paret Rosenberg är de enda i USA som avrättats för spioneri i fredstid. Den allvarligaste anklagelsen var att de 1944-45 förmedlade atomhemligheter till Sovjetunionen. Se även BAX524 och BAI403 persons: ETHEL ROSENBERG;JULIUS ROSENBERG sites: USA;NEW YORK