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Thu December 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in WWII America

Join author Michael Benson to explore the history of Jewish mobsters who fought Nazis in America during WWII

Join author Michael Benson, in conversation with AJU’s Samuel Rosenbaum, to learn the untold saga of Jewish mobsters combating the rise of Nazism in 1930s and 1940s America. Discover stories of mob-led resistance to the terrifying wave of American fascism. Explore Long Island’s “Nazi Town, USA,” Meyer Lansky’s audacious Manhattan raid, Fritz Kuhn’s sinister American Bund, Newark’s street battles, and Hollywood’s mob-driven war on Nazis.

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