She and husband Julius Rosenberg were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.
Many believed their only crime was their affiliation with the Communist
Party in America, but Nikita Khrushchev confirmed in his memoirs that the couple
did, in fact, pass atomic secrets to the Soviets, for which they were
executed.
We wish we might have had the tremendous joy and gratification of living our lives out with you. Your Daddy who is with me in the last momentous hours, sends his heart and all the love that is in it for his dearest boys. Always remember that we were innocent and could not wrong our conscience.
