Julius and Ethel Rosenberg - Early Life and Education

Early Life and Education

Ethel Greenglass was born on September 25, 1915, in New York City. She originally was an aspiring actress and singer, but she eventually took a secretarial job at a shipping company. She became involved in labor disputes and joined the Young Communist League, where she met Julius in 1936.

Julius Rosenberg was born to a family of Jewish immigrants in New York City on May 12, 1918. Census records show that his family lived at 205 East 113th when he was two years old. The family moved to the Lower East Side by the time Julius was eleven. His parents worked in the shops of the Lower East Side, as Julius attended Seward Park High School. Julius became a leader in the Young Communist League, USA while at City College of New York. In 1939 he graduated from CCNY with a degree in electrical engineering.

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