The history of Polish mafia in Chicago, Illinois

Polskiej_DumyThreads: 26 Posts: 69 Joined: Oct 8, 09 ♂	Jun 8, 10, 20:45 #31
beckski: I recall one of the books had mentioned that some of the most notorious gang members in Chicago, were Polish immigrants do you remember what book?

beckskiThreads: 19 Posts: 2,148 Joined: May 15, 07 MEMBER ♀	Jun 9, 10, 07:23 #32
Polskiej_Dumy: do you remember what book? The book title is, Always Running, by Luis Rodriguez. A sincere thanks PF, for putting up with me FIVE terrific years, muah!

Mike77777777777	Nov 9, 10, 01:22 #33
Mafia started out as a family in Sicily, Italy trying to comit crimes and deal drugs for money. It spread to other countires as people immigrated from Italy making American mafia, Russian mafia, and Polish mafia and other countries like that. So Italian mafia is just Mafia, because they are the originaters. Im all Italian so i shouldn't really be here but just an informer.

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Nov 9, 10, 01:25 #34

Mike77777777777:

Mafia started out as a family in Sicily, Italy trying to comit crimes and deal drugs for money. It spread to other countires as people immigrated from Italy making American mafia, Russian mafia, and Polish mafia and other countries like that. So Italian mafia is just Mafia, because they are the originaters. Im all Italian so i shouldn't really be here but just an informer.

hmm methinks it might be a tad more complicated than you make out.

Aj32	Edited by: Moderator Aug 19, 11, 23:34 #35
Eurola Jun 20, 09, 05:52 Reply / Quote #18 Bugs Moran? I'd believe more if his name was Bogdan Moranski :) Yeah, the Irish tried hard to be a part of the Italian mafia, a few polish too...but none really succeeded. edit The Italians begged the Irish for 1 of there breweries, if not for **** leaders & over populating of the Italians, the Irish would still rule Chicago.

KrystalThreads: 7 Posts: 108 Joined: Sep 17, 09 ♀	Aug 20, 11, 01:45 #36
I bet more Polish Mafia are joining Scilian Mafias. There are more joining them. They are all ove the worlds. I wonder if Russian joining them.

Billy_Vodka

Oct 6, 11, 00:41 #37

Mafia started out as a family in Sicily, Italy trying to comit crimes and deal drugs for money. It spread to other countires as people immigrated from Italy making American mafia, Russian mafia, and Polish mafia and other countries like that. So Italian mafia is just Mafia, because they are the originaters. Im all Italian so i shouldn't really be here but just an informer.

Organized crime in America would have persisted during the Prohibition Era with or without the Cosa Nostra so there is no point in mentioning that.

KingAthelstanThreads: 14 Posts: 225 Joined: Sep 13, 11 ♂	Oct 6, 11, 02:27 #38
Meyer Lansky was born in the Poland.

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Dec 31, 11, 12:28 #39

Krystal:

I bet more Polish Mafia are joining Scilian Mafias. There are more joining them. They are all ove the worlds.

I wonder if Russian joining them.

Sicialian Mafia doesn't allow anyone who's not Italian in their lines to become a made man, Polish can be only associates to them or just work as a muscle crew for the Italians.
And no way Russian Mafiya is going to join the Italian one, Russians spit on everyone's head as they're more powerful.

Czak313	Feb 12, 12, 11:08 #40
There is a reason you dont here a lot about the polish mafia .....it doesnt exist ;) Try driving around Hamtramck

oldschoolg/l712

Mar 4, 12, 06:41 #41

stonegreasers.com/greaser/polish_mafia.gif if theres no polish mob per se as said mikerizzo64
then y the hell is there polish mafia gang cards from chicago. look all these fucks think they know crime if u wanna know about crime ask a criminal not a bunch of idiots that watch movies and think the godfathers realistic,i can explain the polish mafia kina,chicago is an old hometown,and well lets just say ima white gangster ,so what information are you looking for armybrat? i mean the polish mafia was a northwest side greaser gang but the gang known today as the stoned freaks is heavily related to the polish mobsters,theres many mobs in chicago to many of these people don't understand how chicago works

JimmuThreads: 2 Posts: 152 Joined: Aug 26, 11 ♂	Mar 8, 12, 18:31 #42
armybrat: how to go about researching the polish mafia First, try Polish mobs, Polish gangs, etc. mafia is Italian and most contemporary sources (I assume you're looking for prohibition era. If not, nevermind. :->) would not call the Polish gangs "mafia". Also, you might want to include Detroit in your search.

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Mar 8, 12, 19:01 #43

Polish and Italian gangs were the most numerous in Chicago (circa 1910). Polish gangs were located on the Northwest Side and often fought rival Polish punks on the south side as well as in the Bucktown area and along the Chicago River. These gangs also engaged in territorial skirmishes with Italian gangs of the “Little Sicily” neighborhood. Then came the Moran (who was half Polish) skirmishes with Capone which pretty much ended after the St. Valentines Day massacre initiated by Capone.

One interesting character was Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik who worked for Capone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Guzik

Another Polish American gangster was Earl "Hymie" Weiss (who despite the middle sobriquet was Polish Catholic.
http://www.babyfacenelsonjournal.com/hymie-weiss.html

warszawa-angole	Mar 8, 12, 20:25 #44
lol who is idiota who thinks Cosa Nostra started by selling drugs? I bet u think Triads began by selling copy DVD haha

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