The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Julius was and electrical engineer who worked for the U.S. army signal corps. In 1942, Julius and Ethel became full members in the American Communist Party. By 1943, however, the Rosenbergs dropped out of the Communist Party to pursue Julius's espionage activities. Early in 1945, Julius was fired from his job with the Signal Corps when his past membership in the Communist Party came to light. They were indicted for conspiracy to transmit classified military information to the Soviet Union. The trial against the Rosenbergs began on March 6, 1951. From the beginning, the trial attracted a high amount of media attention and generated a largely polarized response from observers, some of whom believed the Rosenbergs to be clearly guilty, and others who asserted their innocence. The government investigated the Soviet spy-rings in the U.S. and more arrests were made. Julius and Ethel were both found guilty for telling the Soviet Union information about the atomic bomb. and received the death sentence.
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