Harry Tietlebaum
Encyclopedia
Harry Tietlebaum or Teitelbaum (b. 1889) was an American organized crime figure in New York's underworld during Prohibition
as was associated of the Bug and Meyer Mob. He was later part of a major heroin smuggling operation with Meyer Lansky
and Harry "Nig" Rosen
during the early 1930s.
Prohibition
Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...
as was associated of the Bug and Meyer Mob. He was later part of a major heroin smuggling operation with Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky , known as the "Mob's Accountant", was a Polish-born American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States...
and Harry "Nig" Rosen
Harry Rosen (mobster)
Harry "Nig" Rosen was a Philadelphia mobster who was a major organized crime figure on the east coast with influence as far as Atlantic City, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.-Biography:...
during the early 1930s.
Further reading
- Eisenberg, Dennis, Dan Uri & Eli Landau. Meyer Lansky: Mogul of the Mob. New York: Paddington Press, 1979. ISBN 0-448-22206-X
- Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-23109683-6
- Messick, Hank. Lansky. London: Robert Hale & Company, 1973. ISBN 0-7091-3966-7
- Newark, Tim. Mafia Allies: The True Story of America's Secret Alliance with the Mob in World War II. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing Company, 2007. ISBN 0-7603-2457-3