The Stracci Family is one of the Five New York Families in Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo

Mario Gianluigi Puzo was an American author and screenwriter, known for his novels about the Mafia, including The Godfather , which he later co-adapted into a film by Francis Ford Coppola...

's novel The Godfather

The Godfather (novel)

The Godfather is a crime novel written by Italian American author Mario Puzo, originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. It details the story of a fictitious Sicilian Mafia family based in New York City and headed by Don Vito Corleone, who became synonymous with the Italian Mafia...

and the movie of the same name

The Godfather

The Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo. With a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola and an uncredited Robert Towne, the film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard...

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Role in the Story

In both the novel and movie The Godfather, the is the smallest but best disposed crime family of the Five New York Families

Five Families (The Godfather)

The Five Families are five major Mafia crime families in the novel and film The Godfather. The families are based on the real life New York Five Families, five major Italian American crime families.- The Five Families :The Corleones...

. From its beginnings the family's Don

Crime boss

A crime boss or boss is a person in charge of a criminal organization. A boss typically has absolute or near-absolute control over his subordinates, is greatly feared by his subordinates for his ruthlessness and willingness to take lives in order to exert his influence, and profits come from the...

 was Victor Stracci. The Stracci Family, along with the Tattaglia Family, Barzini Family

Barzini Family

The Barzini Family is one of the Five New York Families in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and the movie of the same name.-Role in the Story:...

, Cuneo Family

Ottilio Cuneo

Don Ottilio "Leo the Milkman" Cuneo is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather. In the film adaptation he is called Carmine Cuneo by Vito Corleone. He was portrayed by actor Rudy Bond.-Role of the Cuneo Family in the Story:...

 are the families to invest on Sollozzo's heroin trade market. The Stracci Family fight in the war against the Corleones
After Don Corleone

Don Corleone

Don Corleone may refer to four major characters in Mario Puzo's The Godfather saga:*Vito Corleone, the original Don, played by Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro*Michael Corleone, Vito's son, played by Al Pacino, who took over the running of the family...

declares peace between all of the five families, he promises not to break the peace and thus, Victor Stracci, Emillio Barzini, Phillip Tattaglia, and Ottilio Cuneo each have their families start taking away territory from the Corleones. Later, after Don Corleone's death, Barzini, attempts to assassinate Vito's son and heir Michael in order to get hold of all Corleone turf.

Michael, however, had already foreseen this move thanks to his father's deduction and Michael has Stracci and all other Dons in New York assassinated, eliminating almost all of the five families' interests in New York, therefore, almost completely destroying the Straccis.