The Tragedy of Ethel Rosenberg

Ethel rightfully haunts Roy Cohn in Angels in America. Cohn is directly responsible for the death of Ethel Rosenberg, as he comitted his own crimes to ensure she received the death penalty. 

  • Executed for conspiracy June 1953
  • Involved in selling the secrets of the Atom bomb to the USSR
  • Ethel’s husband, Julius, was also executed
    • Had two children, Micahel born in 1944 and Robert born in 1947
  • Associated with David Greenglass (brother), Ruth Greenglass (sister in law), Julius Klaus Fuchs, Harry Gold, Anatoli Takolev, Morton Sobell
  • Joined the Communist party in the mid 1930s
  • Members of the International Workers Order
    • The IWO was founded in 1930 as an immigrant fraternal order that provided high-quality, low-cost health and burial insurance and other benefits for members. 
  • Some sources say that Ethel was not necessarily a spy herself, but knew about her husband’s work
  • Ethel did not speak any last words. However, she and Julius insteadwrote a letter to their young children