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Author:

Benson, Michael, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Kensington Publishing Corporation ,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

x, 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

German American Bund--History.
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 movement.
Jewish criminals--United States--History--20th century.
Organized crime--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-287).

Contents:

Part Seven Nazi perverts and thieves. Jewish gangsters -- Rise of fascism -- Fritz Kuhn -- Nazi youth camps -- Part Two. New York City -- Judge Perlman and Meyer Lansky -- Murder, Inc. -- The list -- Yorkville -- White Plains -- Part Three. Chicago -- Father Coughlin, radio priest -- Herb Brin, fighter of fascists -- Sparky and Barney -- The Germania Club -- Part Four. Newark -- Longie Zwillman -- Nat Arno -- Arno's Army -- Schwabbenhalle -- Irvington -- Union City -- Return to the Schwabbenhalle -- Part Five Middle America -- William Dudley Pelley -- Davey the Jew -- The Elks Lodge Beatdown -- he Great Lakes cities -- Part Six West Coast -- The Hollywood war -- Mickey Cohen and Bugsy Siegel -- Part Seven The Bund's last gasp -- Garden party -- Pearl Harbor -- Nazi perverts and thieves.

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.

ISBN:

0806541792
9780806541792

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1294395203

LCCN:

2021951544

Locations:

LHPD057 -- Audubon Public Library (Audubon) — 361.1 BEN

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

DHPB993 -- Dows Community Library (Dows)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

MUPB553 -- Whittemore Public Library (Whittemore)