An Irrevocable Separation
Robert Meeropol reflects on how family separation in 2018 mirrors being ripped from his parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, more than 50 years ago.
by Robert Meeropol
Jul 02, 2018
3 minutes
The disturbing images and soundtracks of young children being torn from their parents’ arms have reopened the wounds of my childhood.
My parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, were arrested and jailed shortly after my third birthday in May 1950. Until then, my brother Michael, who was seven, and I were living in what I remember as a warm and loving family. Over the next three years, we were shuttled between family members. Some
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