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Gangsters vs. Nazis – some interesting philosophical questions

Gangsters vs. Nazis by Michael Benson

March 6, 2023 by MarkAbaddon 4 Comments

Full disclosure right from the start, I am a practicing Jew. So when my friend lent me this book, Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America, I knew I had to read it. Many may not realize this, but the Nazi movement was quite strong in the United States in the 1930s, especially within the German American community. One of the first surprises this book had for me was who gave the initial impetus behind the Jewish mobsters attacking the Nazis: […]

Filed Under: Featured, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 20th Century history, gangster, Michael Benson, narrative nonfiction, Nazis in the US

MarkAbaddon's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 20th Century history, gangster, Michael Benson, narrative nonfiction, Nazis in the US ·
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Anti-Semites Get Theirs

Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America by Michael Benson

August 4, 2022 by Pooja 1 Comment

CBR 14 Bingo: Bodies Bodies hit the floor a whole lot of times, if not permanently. With Nazism on the rise in 1930s America, protected by free speech laws, a Jewish judge sets out to deal with them in the only way he knows how – by setting gangsters on them. I’m not big on WW2 stories, mostly because I feel like the market is rather oversaturated. But rather perversely I’m still always on the lookout for unique stories in this setting, because those stories […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 1930s, ARC, audiobook, cbr14bingo, Judaism, Michael Benson, Nazis, NetGalley, United States

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:94 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 1930s, ARC, audiobook, cbr14bingo, Judaism, Michael Benson, Nazis, NetGalley, United States ·
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