January 1, 1892 - Joseph C. Amberg
The Amberg brothers occupied a particularly violent corner of New York's underworld during the Prohibition and Depression eras, and Joey was a central figure in that operation. Their reach extended into labor racketeering, giving organized crime a foothold in legitimate industries at a time when such arrangements were reshaping urban labor relations. Joey's career ended with his murder in 1935, itself a measure of how ruthlessly power shifted within that world.
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Joseph Amberg (1892 – September 30, 1935), a.k.a. "Joey", was a Russian-born American New York mobster who, with his brothers Hyman and Louis "Pretty" Amberg, was involved in labor racketeering and other criminal activities. During the 1920s and 1930s the brothers competed with rivals such as Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, Abe "Kid Twist" Reles and the Shapiro Brothers. On September 30, 1935, Amberg was murdered alongside associate Morris Kessler. The pair were ambushed in a Brownsville, Brooklyn auto repair garage and, after being ordered to line up against the wall, were gunned down by members of Murder, Inc.
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