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The 43 Group - UK Jewish Anti-Fascist Organization

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Abner "Longie" Zwillman – New Jersey Jewish Gangster

Bootlegger and racketeer who was known as the "Al Capone" of New Jersey.

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Violeta Yosifova Yakova – Resistance Fighter

Partisan and member of the Bulgarian anti-Nazi resistance

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Dmitriy Salita – Boxer

Dmitriy 'Star of David' Salita is a top junior welterweight prospect

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Fanya Baron – Jewish Anarchist/Revolutionary

Leading anarchist and revolutionary who was a political colleague of Emma Goldman

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Otto Raphael – Jewish NYPD Officer

Otto Raphael began boxing at an early age and went on to become one of the legends of the NYPD, befriending Theodore Roosevelt along the way

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