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Gangsters vs. Nazis, how Jewish mobsters battled Nazis in wartime America, Michael Benson

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Gangsters vs. Nazis, how Jewish mobsters battled Nazis in wartime America, Michael Benson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287)
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Gangsters vs. Nazis
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Michael Benson
Sub title
how Jewish mobsters battled Nazis in wartime America
Summary
"The stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America during the 1930s and 1940s--and the fearless Jewish gangsters and crime families who joined forces to fight back...with a vengeance.With an intense cinematic style, acclaimed nonfiction crime author Michael Benson divulges the thrilling role of Jewish mobsters like Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel in stomping out the terrifying tide of Nazi sympathizers in the years leading to WWII." -- amazon.com
Table Of Contents
part 1. The cloven hoof: Jewish gangsters ; Rise of fascism ; Fritz Kuhn ; Nazi youth camps -- part 2. New York City: Judge Perlman and Meyer Lansky ; Murder, Inc. ; The list ; Yorkville ; White Plains -- part 3. Chicago: Father Coughlin, radio priest ; Herb Brin, fighter of fascists ; Sparky and Barney ; The Germania Club -- part 4. Newark: Longie Zwillman ; Nat Arno ; Arno's Army ; Schwabbenhalle ; Irvington ; Union City ; Return to the Schwabbenhalle -- part 5. Middle America: William Dudley Pelley ; Davey the Jew ; The Elks Lodge Beatdown ; The Great Lakes cities -- part 6. West Coast: The Hollywood war ; Mickey Cohen and Bugsy Siegel -- part 7. The Bund's last gasp: Garden party ; Pearl Harbor ; Nazi perverts and thieves
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Gansters versus Nazis
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