1957. The verdict Rudolf Abel
55 years ago, the Federal District Court in Brooklyn found Rudolf Abel (Colonel William Fisher) guilty of espionage against the United States and sentenced him to 32 years in prison. He pretended to be the owner of the photo studio Emil Goldfus and, according to some versions, was involved in the Soviet atomic espionage. For conspiracy during the arrest, William Fisher was called the name of another KGB officer, Lieutenant Colonel Rudolf Abel, who died in 1955.