Clare Mulley

The great betrayal of Ethel Rosenberg

The convicted spy was in fact a victim of Cold War hysteria, says Anne Sebba, betrayed by the American legal system and by her own brother

Ethel Rosenberg after her arrest on charges of espionage, 11 August 1950. Credit: Getty Images

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