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David Greenglass

Released
Date of birth:02. 03. 1922
Date of death:01. 07. 2014
Age:92† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
10 Years 5 Months 1 Day
Support
Communism
David Greenglass

Biography

David Greenglass was Ethel Rosenberg's younger brother; Army machinist at Los Alamos who passed plutonium-bomb sketches to Soviet courier Harry Gold in 1945. Arrested June 15, 1950; turned state's evidence — admitted in a 2001 interview with Sam Roberts that he perjured himself about Ethel typing notes to keep his wife Ruth out of prison. Sentenced to 15 years April 6, 1951; paroled after about 9.5 years; lived under an assumed name until his death.

National Guardian, October 19, 1953, national page 16: The paper identifies David Greenglass as imprisoned at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, under a fifteen-year sentence. It reports that McCarthy said October 13 he might question Gold and Greenglass in his new inquiry. The term is imposed punishment, not time already served, and possible questioning is not a new prosecution or arrest. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/national-guardian/1953-10-19-5-52-nat-guardian.pdf

Case

USP Lewisburg
Charges: Conspiracy to commit espionage (50 U.S.C. § 32(a)).
Arrested: Jun 15, 1950
Sentenced: Apr 6, 1951
Incarcerated: Jun 15, 1950
Released: Nov 16, 1960
Sentence: 15 years federal prison; custody from June 15, 1950 until November 16, 1960, including detention before sentencing
Prosecutor: Irving Saypol
Judge: Hon. Irving R. Kaufman
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Pennsylvania