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Greatest Cases of History Case File #24601 The Assassination of Anton Cermak

Greatest Cases of History Case File #24601 The Assassination of Anton Cermak. Daniel S. The Case File. Date: February 15, 1933 Location: Bayfront Park, Miami, Florida

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Greatest Cases of History Case File #24601 The Assassination of Anton Cermak

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  1. Greatest Cases of HistoryCase File #24601The Assassination of Anton Cermak Daniel S.

  2. The Case File • Date: February 15, 1933 • Location: Bayfront Park, Miami, Florida • People involved: Anton Cermak (Victim), Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Witness), Giuseppe Zangara (Killer, possibly hired hitman), Frank Nitti (Supposedly hired Zangara) • Murder Weapon: .32-caliber pistol

  3. The Crime On February 15, 1933, President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt was speaking in Miami. One of the other politicians at the event was Chicago Mayor Anton Joseph Cermak. Just as Roosevelt finished his speech and was speaking with Cermak, Giuseppe Zangara, Cermak’s killer, pulled out his concealed .32-caliber pistol for an attempt to assassinate the president-elect, but, despite his military history, missed Roosevelt and hit Cermak instead, along with four other civilians during the struggle that followed.

  4. The Victim: Anton J. Cermak • Born in Klando, Bohemia in Austria-Hungary (Specifically the Czech Republic) on May 9th of 1873. • Immigrated to America in 1874 • Supposedly had connections in the Chicago Underworld • Elected Mayor of Chicago in 1931, the last office he would ever hold • Shot, supposedly by accident, by Giuseppe Zangara on February 15, 1933 • Final Remembered Quote: “I’m glad it was me instead of you.” • Died partially from his wounds, but mostly from peritonitis, on March 6, 1933 at age 59

  5. The Assassin: Giuseppe Zangara • Born in Ferruzzano, Calabria, Italy on September 7, 1900 • Served in the Tyrolian Alps during WWI • Immigrated to America in 1923 and became a naturalized citizen in 1929 • Attempted to kill Franklin Delano Roosevelt on February 15, 1933, but killed Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak instead • Captured and sentenced to 84 years in prison • When Cermak died of his wounds, but mostly peritonitis, his sentence was changed to death by electric chair • Final words: "Viva Italia! Goodbye to all poor peoples everywhere! [...] Push the button!” • Died March 20, 1933 at age 32

  6. References in Popular culture:Theater This, like many other political assassinations, has had many adaptations over the years, but this one is one of the few that made it to the stage. Zangara has a role in the 2004 Broadway show Assassins, where he has a major solo in the song entitled How I Saved Roosevelt, obviously a reference to how he accidentally missed Roosevelt and killed Anton Cermak instead. Cermak is also mentioned in a radio broadcast about Zangara’s attempted killing of Roosevelt.

  7. References in Popular Culture:Literature There have been Three different Books referencing Zangara. The first being The Man in the High Castle, by Phillip K Dick. The second was True Detective, by Max Allan Collins. The last, and most recent, is Spellbound, by Larry Correia.

  8. References in Popular Culture:Other Not only Zangara, but Cermak are continually recognized in popular culture several other ways. There is a plaque in Miami at the sight of Cermak’s shooting. There is also a memorial to the late mayor in his hometown of Klando. And lastly Zangara’s plot was a featured element in a two-part episode of the classic TV series The Untouchables, with Joe Mantell playing Zangara.

  9. The Conspiracy (As Always) The Assassination of Anton Cermak has probably made the least sense out of any before. First off, Zangara was a skilled marksman during WWI, albeit not with a pistol at as far a range as he was at, so how could he have missed Roosevelt and hit Cermak unless, as some say, Cermak was his real target all along! Some theories surrounding the killing say that Zangara was a hit-man hired by Chicago mobster, Frank “The Enforcer” Nitti to kill Cermak to stop him from fulfilling his goal to rid the streets of Nitti’s style of crime or Cermak’s alleged connection’s with Nitti’s rivals in the Chicago Underworld. The only person who knows is Zangara, and he can’t tell us anymore.

  10. Works Cited "Giuseppe Zangara." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 04 Sept. 2013. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. "Anton Cermak." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 04 Sept. 2013. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. "Assassins (musical)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 04 Sept. 2013. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. "The Shooting of Anton Cermak." Chicagotribune.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2013.

  11. A Quick Quiz • What type of gun did Zangara use to kill Cermak? • Who was Cermak speaking with when he was shot? • What was the majority factor of Cermak’s death? • How long was Zangara’s original prison sentence? • What was the name of the song which Zangara had a solo in during Assassins? • Who wrote The Man in the High Castle? • Who played Zangara in The Untouchables? • Who supposedly hired Zangara as a hitman?

  12. A Challenge Somewhere in this presentation is a reference to the musical Les Miserables. 5 points added to your presentation if you can find it. (This is not necessary to do, but feel free to try this.) (Hint: Look for a number.) (The term number includes the I in WWI, and all numbers spelled out)

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