RT Book
T1 Gangsters vs. Nazis: how Jewish mobsters battled Nazis in wartime America
A1 Benson, Michael 1956-
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Citadel Press
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1801239142
AB 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.
AB "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
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287)
CN E184.G3
SN 9780806541792
K1 German American Bund : History
K1 German American Bund
K1 Fascism : United States : History : 20th century
K1 Antisemitism : United States : History : 20th century
K1 National Socialism : United States : History : 20th century
K1 Nazis : United States : History : 20th century
K1 Mafia : United States : History : 20th century
K1 World War, 1939-1945 : Underground movements : United States
K1 Jewish criminals : United States : History : 20th century
K1 Organized Crime : United States : History : 20th century
K1 Antisemitism
K1 Fascism
K1 Jewish criminals
K1 Mafia
K1 National Socialism
K1 Nazis
K1 Organized Crime
K1 Underground movements, War
K1 History
K1 United States
K1 USA : Zweiter Weltkrieg : Nationalsozialismus : Faschismus : Antisemitismus : Mafia : Juden : Widerstand