November 11, 2021
Alex Wellerstein talks about the Rosenberg Spy Ring on Mon., Nov. 15
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On Monday, Nov. 15 at 6:30pm (via Zoom), Alex Wellerstein, Professor of History at Stevens Institute of Technology, details how Julius Rosenberg recruited several co-workers and family members to spy on the US nuclear program and provide classified information to the Soviet Union while being employed at the Fort Monmouth military base in Monmouth County, NJ. Rosenberg and his wife were convicted of espionage in 1951 and executed in 1953.
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