The Tale of Unlikely Jewish Heroes

 Gangsters vs Nazis

By Michael Benson

The Jewish gangster was a hero to the young Jewish boys growing up in America around the beginning of World War II. Jewish people over the years had been persecuted and massacred and many were afraid to fight back Not so the Jewish gangster. In those days non Jews felt they could get away with
Harassing Jews. The Jewish gangster fought back. Nazi Germany had made serious inroads into America. The Bundt party was promoting Nazi ideology and antisemitism. They also harassed Jews. So Judge Perlman contacted Meyer Lanskey and that got the ball rolling. Anytime a Nazi group wanted to host a gathering the Jewish gangsters would be there to mess it up. This often times involved brawls, heckling and destroying Nazi property. It worked. Put a damper on Nazi activity. The book details the exploits the heroics of unlikely Jewish saviors , the gangster. Of parented by hard working folk these guys took to bootlegging, gambling, being musclemen you name it. We could sure use heroes like these right now.