(Gangster, Co-Founder & Boss of the 'Chicago Outfit' Crime Family), (Father of the Modern Organized Crime in the United States), (American Mobster Who was Associated with the Lucchese Crime Family), Henry Hill was a mobster from New Yorks Lucchese crime family, who later testified against his former associates. Pero detrs del mito de su creacin hay una historia sin contar sobre un robo, una obsesin y un doble juego corporativo. Members of large organized crime syndicates such as Al Capone and small-gang outlaws and thieves such as George "Baby Face" Nelson suddenly rose to prominence and became household names across the country. He was captured and sent to. John Dillinger was an infamous gangster and bank robber during the Great Depression. Labor strikes by miners and autoworkers sometimes turned violent. Though not as revered as the 1920s gangsters, Depression-era outlaws with names like Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Ma Barker, and Pretty Boy Floyd, also became legends, as their deeds included some of the wildest and deadliest stories ever to hit newspaper front pages. The Lesson: Be professional. With it came violence, spawned mostly by bitter gang rivalries in the 1920s. A Depression-era outlaw group led by Alva-Dewey Hunt and Hugh Gant, the gang was active during the mid- to late 1930s. The Great Depression began with the Wall Street crash in 1929 and lasted well into the following decades. He was the last "public enemy" to be taken, and served the longest sentence of any prisoner at Alcatraz (26 years). document.documentElement.className += 'js'; Dearborn Financial Publishing, 1991 . Dillinger evaded FBI agents at his fathers house in Indiana and again at a Wisconsin lake cabin. Rate this book. He successfully evaded arrest for many decades. The Alvin Karpis Story. A biography of thenotoriousJohn Herbert Dillinger family life, hometown, criminal activities, relationships and more. By 1933, unemployment was at 25 percent and more than 5,000 banks had gone out of business. Al Capone, also called Scarface, was a major gangster during the Prohibition era in Chicago. He was appointed in 1924 to the Bureau of Investigation which in 1935 would become the Federal Bureau of Investigation and remained in control until his death in 1972. Violent crime rates may have risen at first during the Depression (in 1933, nationwide homicide mortality rate hit a high for the century until that point, at 9.7 per 100,000 people) but the trend . (American Mobster and Head of the Notorious 'Genovese Crime Family'). The kidnapping and murder of the infant son of Charles Lindbergh in 1931 increased the growing sense of lawlessness in the Depression era. As the economy boomed, new innovations allowed for more leisure read more, The Great Depression, a worldwide economic collapse that began in 1929 and lasted roughly a decade, was a disaster that touched the lives of millions of Americansfrom investors who saw their fortunes vanish overnight, to factory workers and clerks who found themselves read more, The Glass-Steagall Act, part of the Banking Act of 1933, was landmark banking legislation that separated Wall Street from Main Street by offering protection to people who entrust their savings to commercial banks. Over the years, Moran has been depicted in many films, including The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Al Capone, and Gangster Land. He was arrested in Tennessee in 1933 and died in jail from a heart attack in 1954. Tommy Carroll (criminal) John Paul Chase. Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History (espaol). For nearly 15 years, Pretty Boy Floyd was the bane of lawmen and a hero to the common man. Edward Eddie J. Adams Kansas bootlegger, John William Anglin and Alfred Clarence Anglin Escaped From Alcatraz, Arthur R. Doc Barker Member of Barker-Karpis Gang, Barker-Karpis Gang Terrorized the Midwest, George Kelly Barnes, aka: George Machine Gun Kelly, Bennie Iva Blanche Caldwell Barrow Barrow Gang Member, Bonnie & Clyde Stars of the Public Enemy Era, Alphonse Gabriel Al Capone Chicago Mobster, Gangsters, Thugs, and Mafia in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Jack Gilbert Graham The Fatal Flight of UA 629, Hells Belle Gunness Black Widow of the Midwest, John Red Hamilton, aka Three Finger Jack, Kansas City Massacre Gangsters vs. the Law, Typhoid Mary Mallon Spreading the Fever, Vernon C. MillerInvolved in the Kansas City Massacre, Joseph P. MoranDepression-era gangster, Giuseppe The Clutch Hand Morello Member of the Morello crime family, Murder, Inc. Part of the Italian-American Mafia, Edna Rabbits MurrayDepression-era Outlaw, Purple Gang A mob of bootleggers and hijackers, Mobster Dutch Schultz & His Hidden Treasure, Benjamin Bugsy SiegelJewish American mobster, Giovanni Johnny Torrio Italian-American mobster. The gang of young toughs committed various burglaries and robberies in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960. The end of Prohibition in 1933 deprived many gangsters of their lucrative bootlegging operations, forcing them to fall back on the old standbys of gambling and prostitution, as well as new opportunities in loan-sharking, labor racketeering and drug trafficking. One of the most famous outlaws of the 20th century, he was known to have offered cab fare to his hostages, many of whom liked him in spite of themselves. Frank Nitti was an Italian born-American mobster and one of Al Capone's main henchmen. He is widely considered one of the most brilliant and efficient bank robbers to have ever lived, and has been described as "the father of modern bank robbery". But a tiny event called the Wall Street Crash of 1929, changed that forever. Particularly popular throughout the decade were gangster films. Americans were enduring the fifth year of the Great Depression and the rural population was in an extreme state of suffering that had begun prior to the stock market crash in October 1929. [4] Burrough, Bryan (2004). At its depth, the jobless in New Jersey ranged between a quarter to a third of its workforce, with African American unemployed estimated at over half of workers. Each gang member received a share of the loot in proportion to the level of participation. On the afternoon of December 18, 1922, five men hijacked a Federal Reserve Bank delivery truck outside the U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado. In many ways, the public saw these famous gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s as heroes who outsmarted the government, and were thus figures to . PLEASE NOTE: This is the unedited version of this book, which was released by the publisher as a First Edition. Machine Gun Kelly was a bootlegger, small-time bank robber and kidnapper who ranged through Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s. The son of ranchers, he ran away from home as a teenager and became involved in a life of crime. Because of these desperate measures, the culture of the country changed. Heroes of outlaws There are a series of notorious gangsters during the great depression era. Bonnie and Clyde's exploits took place during the Great Depression, when people were beleaguered. Fred lay face down on the floor near her.[6]. Al Capone in 1930. During his 40-year criminal career, he stole an estimated $2 million, and eventually spent more than half of his adult life in prison. Nickednamed "Creepy" because of his smile, Karpis was a prominent member of the Barker gang during the Great Depression. A bank robbing gang, led by Matthew Kimes and Ray Terrill, it was active in the Midwestern United States during the 1920s. In the United States, the unemployment rose to an all time high of 25% in 1933. Up until 1929, people tolerated the corruption and greed and vice and the gang-wars and everything else. Its not known how exactly he found his calling as a bank robber, but he was good at it. I called them Public Enemies, and so designated them in my letter, sent to the Chief of Police, the Sheriff [and] every law enforcing officer. John Gotti was the boss of the Gambino crime family, described as America's most powerful crime syndicate. From 1957 to 1966, Giancana was the boss of the Chicago Outfit. Due to the expansion of newspaper wire services and theradio, bank robberies could become national news instantaneously. As a Wild Bunch member, Sundance Kid participated in several train and bank robberies. The 1930s was a period of famous gangsters such as John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Bonnie and Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, Machine Gun Kelly, and Ma Barker. Pg 56, 61. Pg177. George Birdwell was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. He started with minor criminal offenses and eventually became a much-feared robber. Captain Matthew Leach headed the Indiana State Police during the Dillinger gang's heyday. John Steinbeck, in "A Primer on the 30s . They generally lived in large cities, and most were immigrants, or children of immigrants. From 1929 to 1931 the law enforcement team led by Eliot Ness was known as the Untouchables, a nickname given to describe their incorruptiblity while they aggressively enforced Prohbition laws against Al Capone and his gangsters. The remaining men successfully escaped with $200,000. His life inspired the book, (American Mobster Who was a Driving Force Behind the Development of the Las Vegas Strip), (American Gangster and Boss of the 'Gambino Crime Family'), (Italian-American Crime Boss of the Gambino Crime Family), (Crime Boss and Member of the Luciano Crime Family), (Train, Bank Robber and the Leader of a Gang of Criminal Outlaws Wild Bunch), (One of the Most Financially Successful Gangsters in American History), Meyer Lansky, or the "Mob's Accountant, was key to the formation of the, (American Crime Boss and Head of the Gambino Crime Family). Bootleggers illegally smuggled alcohol to the public, became wealthy, and became public cult heroes during the Great Depression ("Gangsters During the Depression"). His association with the underworld and his violent methods make him a popular choice for gangster character in crime films; he has been portrayed by popular actors in films like Bugsy, L.A. Showing 1-17 of 17. W.W. Norton and Company. She was killed in a shootout in 1935 and afterwards became known as having been ruthless, controlling her sons' gang and directing their exploits. The most popular and well-known criminal of all Depression era gangsters, Dillinger personified how the general public identified with criminals who stole from banks and evaded law enforcement. As Nash and his escorts came outside and got into the waiting vehicles, two men (some accounts say three) approached the car with machine guns and opened fire. He was finally shot to death by the authorities in 1934. Al Capone. An accomplice in John Dillinger's escape from an Indiana jail in 1934, Spark was imprisoned and sent to Alcatraz. Richetti was an American criminal and Depression-era bank robber. The stock market crash of October 1929 signaled the beginning of the Great Depression. They solidified the networks formed through bootlegging to become national in scope. Many state police forces were created to hunt down these criminals, and most of them were either killed or captured by 1934. . They extorted $100,000 from the Hamm kidnapping and $200,000 from the Bremer kidnapping. New Jersey per capita income fell from $839 . Gillis was the wife of mobster Baby Face Nelson, and assisted with many of his crime. John Dillinger. But behind the myth of the games creation is an untold tale of theft, obsession and corporate double-dealing. Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. Dillinger was famous for having escaped from jail twice, one time carving a bar of soap to look like a gun. (One of the Founders of the Modern American Mafia and Co-founder of 'Murder, Inc' Crime Group), Italian-American mobster Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, or Anastasio, co-founded the, (American Mobster and Boss of the Colombo Crime Family), Italian crime lord Salvatore Maranzano was associated with the organized crime sector of Castellammare del Golfo of Sicily. He was known as The Gentle Don or The Docile Don due to his dislike for violence. A gangster of the Great Depression era, John Dillinger led a group known as the "Dillinger Gang". Others were far more dangerous and prolific. Always travelling with him was Kate Ma Barker. Pretty Boy Floyd was a bank robber during the Great Depression and very popular with the media at the time. They followed in the tradition of Western outlaws such as Jesse James, except that after a hold-up, they used cars instead of horses for their getaway. 1 was first used by Frank Loesch of the Chicago Crime Commission in 1930 to describe Al Capone: I had the operating director of the Chicago Crime Commission bring before me a list of the outstanding hoodlums, known murderers, murderers which you and I know but cant prove, and there were about one hundred of them, and out of this list I selected twenty-eight men. Melvin Purvis was an FBI official who led the manhunts of Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd and John Dillinger. Durkin was convicted of shooting the first FBI special agent killed in the line of duty, An associate of George Birdwell and Pretty Boy Floyd, Elliott was convicted of bank robbery in 1932 and was sent to the. He was paroled in 1968 and died in Spain in 1979. The photos show the adverse effects of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. During the Great Depression, with much of the United States mired in grinding poverty and unemployment, some Americans found increased opportunities in criminal activities like bootlegging, robbing banks, loan-sharkingeven murder. Baby Face died in a shootout with the FBI in 1934. Overview. At least, thats what he wanted everyone to believe. If the Old West Outlaws get a lot of historic attention, a close second are the gangsters of the 1920s Prohibition era and the 1930s Depression period. Also known as Baron Lamm, he was a German-American bank robber. He is best remembered as the final member of the Barrow gang] and whose father, Ivan Methvin, helped arrange their deaths at the hands of a posse headed by Texas lawman, Miller was a freelance Prohibition gunman, bootlegger, bank robber, and former sheriff in. By the time he was 21 years old, he had accumulated a prison sentence of 362 years. Lehman was an American gunsmith and armorer. Road to Perdition comes in as the sixth highest . Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone(1899 1947). Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Bugs Moran was an American gangster whose rivalry with Al Capone, the co-founder of the Chicago Outfit, is regarded as one of the most notorious rivalries in the history of the American Mafia. A gangster of the Great Depressionera, John Dillinger led a group known as the "Dillinger Gang". He was killed in a shootout with police. He was killed in the Castellammarese War, which was fought for control over illegal activities in New York City. After taking $300,000 in kidnapping ransom Barker and gang evaded captured as they moved from Minnesota to Chicago to Ohio. She was later found dead in her car outside St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. His kidnappers demanded $100,000. Al Capone was the child of poor Italian immigrants in Brooklyn, New York and lived the "American dream" in his own way - by becoming one of the most successful gangsters in American history. He was a very famous criminal whom the media delighted in writing about, usually in a sensational manner. Historians have labelled the 1930s as the "Public Enemy" era; a time when a small minority of criminals stood out as being particularly notorious and were hunted determinedly by the police . The FBI convicted him in 1992 and he was sentenced to life in prison without parole and later died of throat cancer. Ishi Press International. A known associate of Frank Nash, he was involved in the scheme to free Nash from the FBI's custody in what became known as the Kansas City massacre; he was later sent to Alcatraz. Vintage Attire runs small and fragile but our theatrical quality costumes and period knock offs come in abundance of sizes, styles & colors, including XL and Plus Sizes. He was known as "Jackrabbit" and "Public Enemy No. John Franzese was a mobster who served as the underboss of the infamous Colombo crime family from 1963 to 1967. Many of these criminal gangs were protected by urban politicians and police. President Herbert Hoover did not do much to alleviate the crisis: Patience and self-reliance, he argued, were all Americans read more, The Great Terror of 1937, also known as the Great Purge, was a brutal political campaign led by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to eliminate dissenting members of the Communist Party and anyone else he considered a threat. Gangster and mafia boss Carmine Persico, also known as The Snake, Junior, and Immortal, led the New York-based Colombo crime family for a long time. Part III: The Great Depression. They could use the organized rings to pay for hide-outs and police protection. Wilbur "Mad Dog" "Underhill, Jr. (1901-1934) - Nationally headlined outlaw of the Depression era, he was the first criminal ever shot by the FBI. For an exorbitant fee, an underworld doctor would treat them and not notify the authorities. Freddie grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, running the streets with the Central Park Gang, whose members included his older brothers Herman, Lloyd, and Arthur Doc Barker, Volney Davis, and Harry Campbell. When the Bureau captured a public enemy, it made for great press. Purvis died of a gunshot wound to the head in 1960. Keynes saw the Great Depression as a trigger to create a new way of economic thinking. He served 26 years in Alcatraz, the longest time a federal prisoner spent there. . (Italian-American Mobster in the Gambino Crime Family of New York City), (American Gangster Who was a Powerful Caporegime in the Genovese Crime Family New Jersey Faction), (American Mobster and Member of Mafia Lucchese Crime Family), Paul Vario was an American gangster belonging to the New York-based, (Italian-American Mafia Boss of Genovese Crime Family), (American Mobster Who Was a Member of the Colombo Crime Family), (Italian-American Crime Boss of the Bonanno Crime Family), (Former crime boss, active in New York City during the 1970s). He also played a key role in the rise of the National Crime Syndicate. He was convicted and executed in 1936 though he proclaimed his innocence until the end. In the 1930s, the violence was more desperate as outlaws were determined to have their way at any cost. J. Edgar Hoover used Dillingers death as a way to promote the FBI. The Prohibition period was certainly the "Golden Age" for Al Capone, who made a fortune in bootlegging, prostitution, and . Sutton was a prolific U.S. bank robber. His bullet-ridden body was found under mysterious circumstances in 1983. In 1933 he bribed a jailer to bring him a saw and a pistol. Led by Richard Reese Whittemore, the gang went on a year-long crime spree committing payroll, bank, and jewelry robberies in Maryland and New York before their capture in 1926. He is best known as the "good natured" member of the John Dillinger gang, and participated in armed holdups with them in a three-month crime spree across the Midwestern United States until his capture in January 1934. Thousands of people didn't have a job and needed money and food. To be frank, I was sometimes slightly stunned by Freddies free and easy way with a gun. He died from a stroke in 1947. The most popular and well-known criminal of all Depression era gangsters, Dillinger personified how the general public identified with criminals who stole from banks and evaded law enforcement. Prohibition was unpopular with the public and bootleggers became heroes to many for supplying illegal alcohol during hard times. A member of BarkerKarpis Gang and later sent to Alcatraz, Fitzgerald was one of its oldest inmates. Finally when the heat became too much, he and Ma drove south to Florida and rented a lake cabin in the central part of the state. Mobsters, on the other hand, belonged to a hierarchical structure organized like a corporation hence the name "syndicate." Much like the days of the Old West following the Civil War, these were difficult times for the vast majority of Americans and like the gunmen before them, the outlaws of the 1920s and 30s gained fame among those who dreamed of individuality and fast money. The Great Depression and Crime. Keynes advocated government intervention to kickstart economies in a slump. Anderson and his associates successfully robbed a US Mail truck in New York City of $2.4 million in cash, bonds, and jewelry. He lived a long life and became a writer in his later years. Those include high-profile criminals wanted by state and federal law enforcement agencies for armed robbery, kidnapping, murder, and other violent crime. He became one of the most famous and powerful beer bootleggers in Philadelphia. He showed no remorse for his actions, concluding his self-aggrandizing biography by writing, For the rest, there are no apologies, no regrets, no sorrows, and no animosity. These photos show better than charts and numbers the economic impact of the Great Depression. Genovese was part of the Castellammarese War and was instrumental in the rise of organized crime in the U.S. During the Great Depression, crooks like Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson, Baron Lamm, and Slick Willie Sutton were all well-known. The Great Depression. Holden was described by a spokesman for the FBI as "a menace to every man, woman, and child in America", and was the first fugitive to be officially listed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List in 1950. a. boosted American investments in Europe. During the Great Depression, casting gangsters as heroes created a new film genre that symbolized the decay of American society, as well as the fear that traditional values would not survive the . On February 14, 1929, seven men were killed in a Chicago garage by five unknown men wearing police uniforms. People blamed Prohibition for this violence, and began to favor its repeal. Monopoly es el juego de mesa favorito de Estados Unidos, una carta de amor al capitalismo desenfrenado y a nuestra sociedad de libre mercado. He is believed to have been killed in 1908. He was incarcerated three times before his 21st birthday. A gangster of the Great Depression era, John Dillinger led a group known as the "Dillinger Gang". Connelley boxed in Karpis and Fred Hunter as they left the apartment and got into a car. Business Fluctuations and Forecasting, chapter 12, The Great Depression, pages 315-353. Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2022. He was the leader of the DeMeo crew, a gang notorious for committing a series of brutal murders. The romance of the lifestyle and resistance to the socially imposed rules of the times led numerous men and a few women into a criminal life that included bank robberies, illegal sales of alcohol, gambling, prostitution, and black market drugs. He was also a peripheral member of the BarkerKarpis gang, and this association Karpis later stated had led to Moran's murder by Fred and. J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the secrets. Jim Clark (criminal) Russell Clark (criminal) Mad Dog Coll. At this time, unemployment in the USA had risen to 25% and many more people were resorting to crime. He eventually became the leading underworld figure in Wichita, Kansas, during Prohibition, specifically becoming involved in bootlegging and narcotics. A public domain video.After World War I, the U.S. rejected the Treaty of Versailles and did not join the League of Nations.In 1920, the manufacture, sale, im. Public Heroes: Ranking the Depression-era FBI agents. John Dillinger was a gangster and bank robber during the Great Depression. Effects of New Deal and Falling Crime Rates in Late 1930s, Public Enemies: Americas Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34. Robberies were easier in the Midwest than other parts of the country because small Midwestern towns usually lacked adequate police forces. 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Bailey was just as good at getting out of places as he was breaking into bank vaults. In 1933, the nationwide homicide mortality rate hit a high for the century up to that point of 9.7 per 100,000 people. He was an American criminal, escape artist, bank robber, and member of the Tri-State gang, whose career spanned four decades. Bootlegger, car thief, murderer: After being sentenced to life imprisonment, Adams escaped custody twice. If prohibition was what concieved the Public Enemy, then the Great Depression was what gave birth to it. read more. 15. Public Enemies Gangsters 10 Famous Depression-era Bank Robbers. He is considered to have been a driving force behind the dethroning and eventual imprisonment of Al Capone. These were desperate times, and desperate measures were taken just so you could get by. He was one of the most wanted bandits in Oklahoma during the 1920s and 1930s and co-led a gang with Harvey Bailey that included many fellow. He was an American criminal and bank robber active in the early 20th century, most notably as a criminal associate of John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson's. He was handsome and broke out of jail with panache famously using a wooden gun. It began in 1929 and did not abate until the end of the 1930s. Frank Lucas was a notorious drug trafficker from the 1960s and the 1970s. This period became known in law enforcement as the Public Enemies Era based on the FBI keeping . This is an enrichment activity designed to help students understand how the hyperinflation of the 1920's and the Great Depression of the 1930's affected the lives of German citizens. Vincenzo Capone was born near Salerno, Italy, in 1892. c. One of the underlying causes of the Great Depression was the United State's. a. unstable economy. Editors, History.com. The outlaws sometimes took on special jobs for the criminal rings, like murdering an enemy, that a particular organization wanted done but didn't want to take the blame for. John Dillinger (1903-1934) was one of the most notorious of all outlaws during the Depression-era heydays, not least because his exploits and bravado were colourfully exaggerated by the media. Karpis was sent to Alcatraz and spent more years on the Rock than any other inmate. He was the mastermind in the attempted escape from Alcatraz in 1943. In 2005, he once again became the underboss of the crime family until he was convicted in 2011. Ironically, while the syndicates became less visible in American society, their power increased dramatically. Unfortunately, a woman close to him tipped off police, and FBI agents waited outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago in July 1934. The 1920s and 1930s were a time of rising crime, driven at first by Prohibition and then after its repeal, taking on a life of its own. In reality, a car with Clarence Hurt and E.J. The public generally had a positive view of him because when he robbed banks, he would destroy mortage documents, freeing many people from their debts. As the era of Prohibition gave way to the Great Depression, the first wave of gangster movies mirrored the growing anger and frustration of many Americans at their worsening economic conditions . A Pennsylvania bank robber, he was sent to Alcatraz, and was a participant in Floyd Hamilton's 1943 escape attempt. . Some earned notoriety from a one or a handful of crimes. Sundance Kid was the nickname of Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, an outlawand member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch in the American Old West. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. Instead of reforming him, prison served as a catalyst for further crime. [6] Hunt, Brian (2012). In 1922 he robbed he Denver mint of $200,000. On June 15, 1933, William Hamm Jr., the Hamm Brewing Company's owner, was snatched on his walk home for lunch. b. increased demand for American-made goods. Greene served as the president of the International Longshoremen's Association and also had his own gang, named the Celtic Club. Noted for his prowess with guns, he met a grisly end when he was shot dead in 1947. Dillinger tried to flee and reached into his coat pocket, but it was too late. Since his death, Joe Masseria has been portrayed in several films like The Valachi Papers, Lucky Luciano, Mobsters, and Lansky. The films produced were either "social conscious" dramas that reflected the . He was known for violence and cruelty in eliminating rival gang members, the most infamous incident being the St. Valentines Day Massacre. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. (shelved 1 time as depression-era-outlaws) avg rating 4.09 280 ratings published 2004. Historians have labelled the 1930s as the "Public Enemy" era; a . 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