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Ruth Greenglass (Ruth Leah Printz) was born on 30 April, 1924 in New York City, U.S., is an American spy for the Soviet Union (1924–2008). Discover Ruth Greenglass's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

Popular As Ruth Leah Printz
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Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 30 April 1924
Birthday 30 April
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Date of death 7 April, 2008
Died Place New York City, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1924

Ruth Leah Greenglass (née Printz; April 30, 1924 – April 7, 2008) was an American citizen who acted as a spy for the Soviet Union along with her husband, David Greenglass.

Ruth Leah Printz was born to a Jewish family on April 30, 1924, in New York City to Max Printz and Tillie Leiter.

She grew up in the same neighborhood, the Lower East Side, as her future husband, David Greenglass.

She graduated with honors from Seward Park High School at 16.

Although quite young, she and Greenglass wanted to marry before he was drafted to serve in World War II.

1942

They married in late November 1942 when he was 20 and she was 18.

They shared an interest in politics and joined the Young Communist League.

Julius Rosenberg became a Soviet agent, working under Alexander Feklissov.

1943

After her husband was drafted and inducted into the Army in 1943, Ruth continued to visit him.

1944

In September 1944, Rosenberg suggested to Feklissov that he should consider recruiting his brother-in-law, David, and his wife.

Feklissov met the couple and on September 21, he reported to Moscow: "They are young, intelligent, capable, and politically developed people, strongly believing in the cause of communism and wishing to do their best to help our country as much as possible. They are undoubtedly devoted to us (the Soviet Union)."

David wrote to his wife, "My darling, I most certainly will be glad to be part of the community project (espionage) that Julius and his friends (the Russians) have in mind."

In November 1944, she visited him in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he was working as a machinist on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.

During that visit, she asked him to forward any information on the project to his brother-in-law, Julius.

When the FBI questioned him about suspected espionage activities, David agreed to confess to his activities and to testify against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in exchange for immunity for his wife so that she could remain at home with their two children.

At the trial, Ruth implicated Ethel in the espionage ring by testifying that Ethel had typed the notes that David had provided.

Ruth testified that both Rosenbergs had urged her to persuade her husband to become involved in espionage.

Ruth's testimony was crucial in securing Ethel's conviction.

1960

She rejoined her husband after his release from prison in 1960, and they lived in New York City under assumed names with their children.

2008

She died on April 7, 2008, at the age of 83, a fact that became widely known only when the government, numbering her among the deceased witnesses, released her grand jury testimony a few weeks later.

In September 2008, her grand jury transcripts were released and showed that when testifying before the grand jury in August 1950, she was asked, "Didn't you write the information down on a piece of paper?"

She replied, "Yes, I wrote the information down on a piece of paper and Julius Rosenberg took it with him."

At the trial, she testified that Ethel had typed the notes about the atomic bomb.

2014

David Greenglass died in 2014, aged 92.

The truth of Ruth Printz Greenglass's testimony at the Rosenberg trial has been questioned.