English: "(Original Caption) Mrs. Rosenberg and Guardians at Court. New York: Mrs. Sophie Rosenberg (second from left), grandmother of the two Rosenberg children whose parents were executed at Sing Sing last year, weeps as she leaves New York Supreme Court on February 19th. Grouped around the elderly woman are: Gloria Agrin (left), attorney for Mrs. Rosenberg; Mrs. Anne Meeropol (second from right), who with Abel Meeropol (right), had custody of the Rosenberg children. Police officers representing the children's court seized the youngsters from the apartment of their foster parents, the Meeropols, on February 17th, and the court awarded their custody to the Jewish Child Care Association. On February 19th, Supreme Court Justice James B. M. McNally ordered the Child Care Association to produce the two boys, Michael, 11, and Robert, 6, in court on February 20 so that a decision can be mad"
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