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...
| 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287) |
| ISBN: | 0806541792 |