Gangsters vs. Nazis: how Jewish mobsters battled Nazis in wartime America

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 B...

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Main Author: Benson, Michael 1956- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Citadel Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
German American Bund > History
German American Bund
Fascism > United States > History > 20th century
Antisemitism > United States > History > 20th century
National Socialism > United States > History > 20th century
Nazis > United States > History > 20th century
Mafia > United States > History > 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > United States
Jewish criminals > United States > History > 20th century
Organized Crime > United States > History > 20th century
Antisemitism
Fascism
Jewish criminals
Mafia
National Socialism
Nazis
Organized Crime
Underground movements, War
History
United States
USA > Zweiter Weltkrieg > Nationalsozialismus > Faschismus > Antisemitismus > Mafia > Juden > Widerstand
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Summary: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.
"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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287)
Physical Description:x, 287 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9780806541792