Rosenberg

[ roh-zuhn-burg; for 1 also German roh-zuhn-berk ]

noun
  1. Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.

  2. Julius, 1918–53, and his wife, Eth·el Green·glass [eth-uhl green-glas, -glahs], /ˈɛθ əl ˈgrinˌglæs, -ˌglɑs/, 1915–53, U.S. citizens executed for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.

  1. a town in southern Texas.

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Rosenberg

/ (ˈrəʊzənbɜːɡ) /


noun
  1. Alfred . 1893–1946, German Nazi politician and writer, who devised much of the racial ideology of Nazism: hanged for war crimes

  2. Isaac . 1890–1918, British poet and painter, best known for his poems about life in the trenches during World War I: died in action

  1. Julius . 1918–53, US spy, who, with his wife Ethel (1914–53), was executed for passing information about nuclear weapons to the Russians

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