Vito Genovese

Vito Genovese

Vito Genovese (born November 21, 1897 in Risigliano , Province of Naples , † February 14, 1969 in Springfield, Missouri ) was an American mobster of La Cosa Nostra and head of the Genovese family classified after him .

Life

Early years

Genovese immigrated with his family in 1913 at the age of 15 years in the US and lived first in New York district of Queens , where his father ran a small architectural firm. There Genovese came into contact with organized crime , especially the branch of the Neapolitan Camorra , led by Pellegrino Morano . He was under the command of Alessandro Vollero , the leader of the Navy St. Gang . Genovese met Charles “Lucky” Luciano , among others , with whom he, together with Morano and Vollero, carried out robbery as well as smuggling and drug trafficking from 1917 onwards. Their financier was the gangster Arnold Rothstein .

In 1937, Genovese had to flee to Sicily on a murder charge. There he supported the dictator Benito Mussolini (murder of Carlo Tresca ), but moved to the invasion by the Allies in Italy the sides and established himself in the thriving black market of the post-war period by facing 1944, the US military administration in starving and completely chaotic Naples under their Chef Charles Poletti made available as a factor of order.

Head of the family

In 1945 Genovese returned to the USA and sought supremacy over the largest of the five families of La Cosa Nostra in New York, because Lucky Luciano had been deported to Italy (almost in return) and Frank Costello did not have the support of the ordinary members in the street gangs of the clan. Therefore, Genovese began to eliminate Costello's allies. Albert Anastasia , Willie Moretti and Anthony Carfano were murdered and an attack was carried out on Costello on May 2, 1957. This failed, but led to Costello's withdrawal from his leading role in the family then still named after Joe Masseria .

From then on Genovese was the head of the family and organized the Apalachin meeting in November 1957 , the failure of which represented a personal defeat for him, as the police succeeded in identifying the participants by chance.

The end

Genovese was arrested in 1959 as part of a police drug operation and sentenced to 15 years in prison. The tip that led to the arrest of Genovese is said to have come from Charles “Lucky” Luciano and Meyer Lansky , who are said to have returned the favor in this way for Genovese pushing them out of the National Crime Syndicate commission at the Apalachin meeting wanted to.

In the course of his revenge, Genovese u. a. Arranged in 1962 for the murder of Anthony Strollo because he was (still) in contact with Luciano and thus, as one of the main organizers of the family's drug trade, was potentially involved in the intrigue of the report to the police.

Vito Genovese died of a heart attack on February 14, 1969 at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield , Missouri. He was buried in St. John Cemetery, Queens in Middle Village , Queens.

Adaptations

• In the 2019 film Mob Town , Genovese is played by Robert Davi .
• 2015: The Making of the Mob : New York; is an eight-part miniseries about numerous New York mobsters from La Cosa Nostra and Kosher Nostra. Vito is played here by Craig Thomas Rivela.
• 2001: Genovese is portrayed by Steven Bauer in the TV film The Godfather of New York .
• 1999: In the mafia comedy Reine Nervensache reference is made to Vito Genovese and the Apalachin meeting.
• 1972: In the film The Valachi Papers , Genovese is portrayed by Lino Ventura .

Documentation

2012: In the Mafia Network - The FBI's Secret Files : The Killer: Vito Genovese; British docu-drama

Individual evidence

1. ^ Vito Genovese: King of Crime (1963), Google Books
2. ↑ Gil Reavill: Mafia Summit ... (2012), Google Books
3. ↑ Charles Grutzner: Ruled 'Family' of 450. Genovese Dies in Prison at 71. 'Boss of Bosses' of Mafia Here . In: New York Times , February 16, 1959. Retrieved November 30, 2011. "Vito Genovese's throne, from which he ruled as" Boss of All Bosses "of the Mafia in the New York area, rested on the coffins of several predecessors - in whose murders he is believed to have conspired. ... " 
4. ^ "Vito Genovese" Find A Grave.
5. ↑ Boss of Bosses . In: Internet Movie Database . Retrieved January 16, 2012.
6. ^ The Valachi Papers . In: Internet Movie Database . Retrieved January 16, 2012.

Web links

• Vito Genovese in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Detailed curriculum vitae of Vito Genovese ( Memento from February 5, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) at www.tripod.com (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Frank Costello	Head of the “ Genovese family ” of La Cosa Nostra 1957–1969	Thomas Eboli