Teil 2: Englische Gangs in den 1920ern

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Nachdem es in der ersten Folge die viktorianischen Gangs ging,
schauen wir heute auf die Zwischenkriegszeit und die "Race Course
Wars" 1921 - 1925, in denen mehrere Gangs um die Vorherrschaft um
illegale Wettgeschäfte kämpften. Darüber hinaus reden wir noch
über die Mediendarstellungen von britischen Gangs in "Peaky
Blinders" und "Assassin's Creed: Syndicate" und wie die Mythen
über diese Ära der Kriminalität zustande kamen.


Worauf wir uns beziehen: 


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