Abraham Reles was a well-known figure in the racket business in Brooklyn, New York. He acknowledged numerous murders he and/or his associates had committed while in the custody of the State Authorities in Brooklyn. He appeared before the Federal Grand Jury in regard to his knowledge of the harboring of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, a wanted fugitive. On November 12, 1941, he committed suicide by jumping out the window of the Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island,...

Duke Ellington was born on April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. He became a band leader and a composer of music. Mercer Ellington, his only son, attended the Julliard School of Music in New York City. Ellington was not the subject of an FBI investigation, but his name did appear in the files of other subjects. He died on May 24, 1974 in New York City.

Bugsy Siegel, a New York racketeer, was gunned down on June 19, 1947, in the Los Angeles home of his girlfriend, actress Virginia Hill. The FBI investigated Siegel for numerous crimes and implicated him in at least 30 murders.

Erich Fromm was born on March 23, 1900, in Frankfurt, Germany. He was employed as a psychoanalyst at New York University in 1965. He was to attend the World Congress for General Disarmament and Peace in Moscow, Russia on July 9 - 14, 1962. He was the sponsor of the New York Council for a Sane Nuclear Policy. Erich Fromm was not the subject of an FBI investigation, but his name appears in cross references. He was active in the Viet Nam Anti War demonstrations,...

Katherine Oppenheimer, born August 8, 1910, in Reckinghausen, Germany was the wife of Jules Robert Oppenheimer. She entered the United States on May 14, 1913, at New York City aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse. Mrs. Oppenheimer her admitted membership in the Communist Party and following the Communist Party line while married to her first husband, Joseph Dallet.

Malcom X was the Minister of the Nation of Islam up to March 1964. He left the Nation of Islam and formed the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Malcom X was assassinated in 1965 while delivering a speech in New York City. Norman Butler, Thomas Johnson and Talmage Hayer were convicted of Malcom X's murder and all three were sentenced to life in prison. The FBI investigated Malcom X to verify communist influence.

Brigid Elizabeth Hitler, nee Downey was born in1892 in Dublin, Ireland. She was the wife of Adolf Hitler's half-brother and second cousin, Alois Hitler. William Patrick Hitler their son was born on March 12, 1911, in Liverpool, England. Brigid met Alois, a waiter, in 1910 at a Dublin horse show. She claimed he beat her, so she left him, but because of being Catholic, she could not divorce him. After leaving Germany, Brigid and William came to the...

Steve Allen, an entertainer, was the victim of two extortion attempts investigated by the FBI. The first extortion attempt consisted of a letter sent to the CBS network in New York demanding that the writer be given $30,000 or Mr. Allen would be harmed. Prosecution was declined by the United States Attorney. In the second extortion attempt, the writer accused Mr. Allen of being a communist and threatened to shoot him. The name of the person whose...

Sammy Davis, Jr. was born on December 8, 1925, in New York City. He began his career in 1928 as a singer. He is also known for his music recordings, and appearances in movies and Broadway shows. He served in the United States Army from 1943 through 1945. He was the victim of two extortion attempts, one in 1961 and the other in 1973. The Assistant United States Attorneys declined prosecution in both cases. The first letter was thought to be a crank-type...

Charles G. Rebozo was born on November 17, 1912, in Tampa, Florida. In 1969, Charles Gregory "Bebe" Rebozo received $100,000 from a third party as a campaign contribution to the Republican Party, but he never gave it to them. He kept $100,000 in a safe deposit box and wanted to have it returned to the ultimate contributor, Howard Hughes. Rebozo, a close friend of President Richard M. Nixon, received a letter threatening to kill him in 1974. Rebozo...