Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed as spies despite two years of protests and appeals by sympathizers.

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This statement is true. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed on June 19, 1953 after being convicted of passing classified information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. Despite protests and appeals from sympathizers both in the United States and around the world, their executions were carried out.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Were Executed as Spies Despite Two