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PODCAST. After an unfair trial, the couple is sentenced to death for having transmitted secrets concerning the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.
By Frederic Lewino and Gwendoline Dos Santos
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The two spouses Julius and Ethel Rosenberg have been waiting for several weeks to be executed in the famous prison of Sing-Sing (State of New York). They were convicted by the court of treason for the benefit of the Soviet Union. June 17, 1953 is their last day on earth. They spent their last day together after being visited by their children. At the end of the day, everyone is taken back to their respective cells to prepare for death. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg could have stopped the disastrous process if they had accepted to admit their guilt and swung their accomplices, but they refused to continue to proclaim their innocence. Half a century later, the work of historians concludes that they are guilty.
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