Many people in the United States and Europe held protests related to the Rosenbergs’ trial because they thought that the Rosenbergs

Many protesters believed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg had been treated unfairly during their trial and that the proceedings were influenced by Cold War fears of communism. Thus, the protests reflected concern that they had not received a fair, impartial trial; they were not protests demanding a harsher punishment.

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