Meyer Lansky (born Majer Suchowliński, July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983), was a organized crime born in Grodno, then part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth occupied by the Russian Empire but now in Belarus. His parents were Polish Jews. He was instrumental in the development of the American mafia. Lansky was born in Grodno in 1902. His family moved to the United States in 1911, and settled in New York. While Lansky was in school, he met a young Lucky Luciano, who shook down other kids for protection. When Lansky refused to pay, Luciano fought him, but came away impressed with Lansky's toughness, creating a bond that would make them friends for life. Lansky met Bugsy Siegel in 1920. They also became friends for life and, together with Luciano, formed part of what became known as the ''Five Points Gang''. Lansky was instrumental in Luciano's rise to power, when he helped in the killing in 1931 of his boss, Joe Masseria, and later warned Luciano of the plans by Salvatore Maranzano (the other major New York mafia boss of the time) to kill Luciano and Vito Genovese. Alerted to the danger they killed Maranzano first. As a youngster, Lansky's life was saved many times by Siegel, a fact Lansky always appreciated. Lansky had established gambling operations in Florida, New Orleans and Cuba by 1936, the year Luciano was convicted and sent to prison. Lansky also became a big investor in Siegel's Las Vegas project. After Luciano was paroled on the condition that he return to Sicily and never leave Italy, Luciano secretly moved to Cuba, from where he began to resume his control over the American mafia operations. Siegel's projects in Las Vegas were failing miserably and all mafia bosses, Lansky included, were called for a secret meeting at Havana. While everyone else wanted Siegel killed, Lansky begged for a second chance for his friend. He was able to persuade the bosses to give Siegel a second chance, but Siegel's casino kept on losing money and a second meeting was called. This time the casino was able to turn in a small profit during the month of their second meeting, and that, together with Lansky's pleading and Luciano's hopes that their old friend could still do good in Vegas, convinced them to give Siegel a ''third'' chance. But that small profit turned out to be only a small hurrah, and, after a third meeting in Cuba, despite Lansky's insistence that they give Siegel another chance, the order was given to kill Siegel, which happened in 1947. Later on, during the 1960s, Lansky became involved in drug smuggling, prostitution, extortion, investing in hotels and golf courses. It is said that he made around 300 million dollars from those investments. Luciano was unhappy with the fact Lansky was gaining more money than he was, but because of Luciano's bad health, he wasn't able to do much about it. In the 1970s, Lansky faced tax evasion charges. Upon learning of his impending problems, he fled to Israel, where he lived for three years before being apprehended and returned to the United States. He served time and was released shortly after. Lansky died of lung cancer, leaving a fortune of over 400 million dollars behind. The character of "Hyman Roth" in the film ''The Godfather Part II'' is based on Lansky, and the film Bugsy, a biography of Bugsy Siegel, included him as a major character, played by Ben Kingsley. In the 1991 film Mobsters (movie), he is played by the actor Patrick Dempsey. ==Further reading== *Robert A. Rockaway, "But - He Was Good To His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters", Jerusalem, Gefen Publishing House, 1993 *Robert Lacy, "Little Man: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life", Boston, Brown and Company, 1991 *Hank Messick, "Lansky", New York, 1971 ==External links== *[http://www.meyerlansky.com Official Meyer Lansky Memorabilia Museum 2001 Edition] *[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9047133 Encyclopedia Britannica Online - Meyer Lansky] *[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/lansky.html Jewish Virtual Library - Meyer Lansky] *[http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=113 Free Information Society: Meyer Lansky] *[http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters/meyer/main.htm Crime Library: Meyer Lansky - Mastermind of the Mob] by Mark Gribben *[http://www.carpenoctem.tv/mafia/lansky.html Seize The Night: Meyer Lansky] 1902 births 1983 deaths Jewish-American mobsters Polish-Americans
==Edit== This line: Meyer Lansky is also mentioned in Raekwon's "Glaciers of Ice" from the album "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx". Means nothing to the article. I am deleting it. If someone can re insert it with some sort of reason or meaning for being mentioned, put it back in. I also put headers on this page to clear the separate topics. User:L.A.F. ==Criticism== This page exemplifys Wikishitty's total lack of intregrity as this article is without basis Mr. Lansky was never convicted of anything, no millions were ever found and I believe it would be good if Wikistupidity were sued destroyed and castrated for basing it articles of HOLLYWOOD THRILLER BS. In fact as Mr. Lansky is Jewish I consider these attacks on him as anti-semiticly based not that WikiSTUPIDITY CARES~~ Dear Sir or Madam: If you would please refrain form the profanity and just simply state, with some sort of proof, what you are saying, someone may be willing to speak with you. Please clearly and rationally expand on your issue with the article. Thanks. User:L.A.F. ==Question== I'm not very well educated on this issue, but I have noticed an inconsistancy between what's on this page and what's on the Lucky Luciano page. Here it mentions that Meyer only met "Bugsie" in 1920 and on Lucky's page it says something about the ''Five Points Gang'' being formed before 1916. My only knowledge on the subjects comes from a movie I saw, Mobsters, in which Meyer and Bugsie were best friends by 1917 (the year in which the first scene in the movie is set), and met Lucky and Frank Costello that same year. I just thought I'd bring this to everyone's attention so somebody Who's well informed on the issue could fix it up. :) -Lara ==Ethnicity?== Guys.... It says that lansky was a russian jew but I've read in crime books that his parents were polish... == Meyer Lansky - Truly crucial to the Italian - American mafia == Meyer Lansky and Charles Luciano are the founders of the La Cosa Nostra. Luciano was the brawn and Lansky was the brain. If it were not for Lansky, The Italian - American mafia as we knew it would not have become what it was, without his crucial and definitely structuring influence. This man is not given the full credit he deserves. Without Lansky, Luciano would have definitely not risen to the heigth where he was, and would have definitely not amassed the fortune he had, before going to prison and after being deported to Italy. == Lansky was Polish == Meyer Lansky was born in Grodno, Poland which back then was considered a part of Russia. This is the only reason he is referred to as a Russian Jew. Yes, Lansky was Polish, but I think it's slightly more confusing than this. He was originally of Russian nationality since he was born within the Russian empire - he was born in Grodno, now in Belarus - so it would not be unfair to call him originally a Russian of Polish Jewish extraction. But all that tied him to Russia was nationality, and once that was lost, there is no real association. Grodno had in the past belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but it lay in the Lithuanian, not Polish, part. However, his parents were ethnically/culturally Polish, so even after emigration it makes sense to call him Polish as well as Jewish. Since he was not born in Poland, nor in a location which historically belonged to Poland, nor did an independent Poland exist until after he had emigrated anyway, I linked to Polish Jews rather than to Poland. User:VivaEmilyDavies 17:36, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC) ==Arms to Israel== Did he smuggle weapons for the Haganah in 1948? -- User:Error 02:00, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC) == What is this? == "was a gangster born in Grodno, then part of Belarus occupied by the Russian Empire but now in Belarus". This is really funny, what Belarus? There was no Belarus untill present times, there was only an occupation of Poland/PLC.
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Meyer Lansky (born Majer Suchowliński, July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983), was a organized crime born in Grodno, then part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth occupied by the Russian Empire but now in Belarus. His parents were Polish Jews. He was instrumental in the development of the American mafia. Lansky was born in Grodno in 1902. His family moved to the United States in 1911, and settled in New York. While Lansky was in school, he met a young Lucky Luciano, who shook down other kids for protection. When Lansky refused to pay, Luciano fought him, but came away impressed with Lansky's toughness, creating a bond that would make them friends for life. Lansky met Bugsy Siegel in 1920. They also became friends for life and, together with Luciano, formed part of what became known as the ''Five Points Gang''. Lansky was instrumental in Luciano's rise to power, when he helped in the killing in 1931 of his boss, Joe Masseria, and later warned Luciano of the plans by Salvatore Maranzano (the other major New York mafia boss of the time) to kill Luciano and Vito Genovese. Alerted to the danger they killed Maranzano first. As a youngster, Lansky's life was saved many times by Siegel, a fact Lansky always appreciated. Lansky had established gambling operations in Florida, New Orleans and Cuba by 1936, the year Luciano was convicted and sent to prison. Lansky also became a big investor in Siegel's Las Vegas project. After Luciano was paroled on the condition that he return to Sicily and never leave Italy, Luciano secretly moved to Cuba, from where he began to resume his control over the American mafia operations. Siegel's projects in Las Vegas were failing miserably and all mafia bosses, Lansky included, were called for a secret meeting at Havana. While everyone else wanted Siegel killed, Lansky begged for a second chance for his friend. He was able to persuade the bosses to give Siegel a second chance, but Siegel's casino kept on losing money and a second meeting was called. This time the casino was able to turn in a small profit during the month of their second meeting, and that, together with Lansky's pleading and Luciano's hopes that their old friend could still do good in Vegas, convinced them to give Siegel a ''third'' chance. But that small profit turned out to be only a small hurrah, and, after a third meeting in Cuba, despite Lansky's insistence that they give Siegel another chance, the order was given to kill Siegel, which happened in 1947. Later on, during the 1960s, Lansky became involved in drug smuggling, prostitution, extortion, investing in hotels and golf courses. It is said that he made around 300 million dollars from those investments. Luciano was unhappy with the fact Lansky was gaining more money than he was, but because of Luciano's bad health, he wasn't able to do much about it. In the 1970s, Lansky faced tax evasion charges. Upon learning of his impending problems, he fled to Israel, where he lived for three years before being apprehended and returned to the United States. He served time and was released shortly after. Lansky died of lung cancer, leaving a fortune of over 400 million dollars behind. The character of "Hyman Roth" in the film ''The Godfather Part II'' is based on Lansky, and the film Bugsy, a biography of Bugsy Siegel, included him as a major character, played by Ben Kingsley. In the 1991 film Mobsters (movie), he is played by the actor Patrick Dempsey. ==Further reading== *Robert A. Rockaway, "But - He Was Good To His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters", Jerusalem, Gefen Publishing House, 1993 *Robert Lacy, "Little Man: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life", Boston, Brown and Company, 1991 *Hank Messick, "Lansky", New York, 1971 ==External links== *[http://www.meyerlansky.com Official Meyer Lansky Memorabilia Museum 2001 Edition] *[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9047133 Encyclopedia Britannica Online - Meyer Lansky] *[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/lansky.html Jewish Virtual Library - Meyer Lansky] *[http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=113 Free Information Society: Meyer Lansky] *[http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters/meyer/main.htm Crime Library: Meyer Lansky - Mastermind of the Mob] by Mark Gribben *[http://www.carpenoctem.tv/mafia/lansky.html Seize The Night: Meyer Lansky] 1902 births 1983 deaths Jewish-American mobsters Polish-Americans
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==Edit== This line: Meyer Lansky is also mentioned in Raekwon's "Glaciers of Ice" from the album "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx". Means nothing to the article. I am deleting it. If someone can re insert it with some sort of reason or meaning for being mentioned, put it back in. I also put headers on this page to clear the separate topics. User:L.A.F. ==Criticism== This page exemplifys Wikishitty's total lack of intregrity as this article is without basis Mr. Lansky was never convicted of anything, no millions were ever found and I believe it would be good if Wikistupidity were sued destroyed and castrated for basing it articles of HOLLYWOOD THRILLER BS. In fact as Mr. Lansky is Jewish I consider these attacks on him as anti-semiticly based not that WikiSTUPIDITY CARES~~ Dear Sir or Madam: If you would please refrain form the profanity and just simply state, with some sort of proof, what you are saying, someone may be willing to speak with you. Please clearly and rationally expand on your issue with the article. Thanks. User:L.A.F. ==Question== I'm not very well educated on this issue, but I have noticed an inconsistancy between what's on this page and what's on the Lucky Luciano page. Here it mentions that Meyer only met "Bugsie" in 1920 and on Lucky's page it says something about the ''Five Points Gang'' being formed before 1916. My only knowledge on the subjects comes from a movie I saw, Mobsters, in which Meyer and Bugsie were best friends by 1917 (the year in which the first scene in the movie is set), and met Lucky and Frank Costello that same year. I just thought I'd bring this to everyone's attention so somebody Who's well informed on the issue could fix it up. :) -Lara ==Ethnicity?== Guys.... It says that lansky was a russian jew but I've read in crime books that his parents were polish... == Meyer Lansky - Truly crucial to the Italian - American mafia == Meyer Lansky and Charles Luciano are the founders of the La Cosa Nostra. Luciano was the brawn and Lansky was the brain. If it were not for Lansky, The Italian - American mafia as we knew it would not have become what it was, without his crucial and definitely structuring influence. This man is not given the full credit he deserves. Without Lansky, Luciano would have definitely not risen to the heigth where he was, and would have definitely not amassed the fortune he had, before going to prison and after being deported to Italy. == Lansky was Polish == Meyer Lansky was born in Grodno, Poland which back then was considered a part of Russia. This is the only reason he is referred to as a Russian Jew. Yes, Lansky was Polish, but I think it's slightly more confusing than this. He was originally of Russian nationality since he was born within the Russian empire - he was born in Grodno, now in Belarus - so it would not be unfair to call him originally a Russian of Polish Jewish extraction. But all that tied him to Russia was nationality, and once that was lost, there is no real association. Grodno had in the past belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but it lay in the Lithuanian, not Polish, part. However, his parents were ethnically/culturally Polish, so even after emigration it makes sense to call him Polish as well as Jewish. Since he was not born in Poland, nor in a location which historically belonged to Poland, nor did an independent Poland exist until after he had emigrated anyway, I linked to Polish Jews rather than to Poland. User:VivaEmilyDavies 17:36, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC) ==Arms to Israel== Did he smuggle weapons for the Haganah in 1948? -- User:Error 02:00, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC) == What is this? == "was a gangster born in Grodno, then part of Belarus occupied by the Russian Empire but now in Belarus". This is really funny, what Belarus? There was no Belarus untill present times, there was only an occupation of Poland/PLC.
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