Memories of an Execution

June 20, 2003

Thursday marked the 50th anniversary of the execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Five decades on, the story of that historic moment in American history is as contentious as ever, and even people intimately involved with the case continue to re-evaluate the story. WNYC's Sara Fishko takes stock of the myths that have evolved over the past five decades around the Rosenbergs.


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