The Unquiet Death of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

by Alvin H. Goldstein

Text and photographs from a television documentary on the trial and execution of the convicted atom bomb spies reflect the mass hysteria that sursounded the proceedings and contemporary concern over the justness of the case

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

Reviews

[Paige Kensmoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had never heard of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg until last year and after seeing this book on a library shelf this year I had to pick it up and read it.

First, I definitely need to look at the Rosenberg-Sobell case now.

Second, what happened with the witnesses seems deliberately dodgy in this book.

Harry Gold's portrayed character as described by the jurors, who voted in favor of the death penalty, and the defense attorney, arguing on behalf of the Rosenbergs, was... astounding.
Here you have this man, Gold (who everyone involved in this case knows as someone who thinks himself a spy and dreams up fantasies), giving the FBI a name that was not Julius at first, but then when prompted with a name - Julie/Julius by the same FBI weeks later during further interrogation, Gold suddenly declares that yes, THIS is the man!
.......and everyone believes him?

Things just weren't adding up for the prosecutors, I definitely agree with the Schneirs and Goldstein about that, so next steps for me will be to watch this documentary, and search up the case and the released evidence. (It's been released now, right?)

[James Christensen · Rating 1 out of 5]

In my opinion is quite biased. Prefer "The Rosenberg file : a search for the truth" / Ronald Radosh and Joyce Milton (1983).