DESCRIPTION:
On this episode of They Walk Among America… A single block located between 5th and 6th avenue on 47th Street in New York is known as the Diamond District. The bustling epicentre of New York's diamond and jewellery sales industry sprang up on 47th Street in the 1920s and continues to be one of the most popular locations for jewellery shoppers today. The Diamond District expanded during WWII when thousands fled Nazi-occupied Europe and set up shop in New York City. The Diamond Dealers Club, which was founded in the 1930s as a place for dealers and brokers to store their diamonds, has described the arrival of new traders as follows: “Their influx into America, together with the unprecedented economic boom that took place in the country in the post-war period, shifted the balance of the diamond trade from Western Europe to New York. Indeed, immigration has long been a decisive factor in the growth of the U.S. diamond sector, and the DDC, both then and today, traditionally has served as a melting pot for a diverse group of nationalities and cultures”. Many store owners and workers in the Diamond District were Orthodox or Hasidic Jews. A small place that contained such valuable products was always bound to attract undesirables, but in 1977 the disappearance of two diamond cutters proved that pressure was only good for diamonds…
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‘They Walk Among America’ is a Law & Crime podcast network production.
This episode was hosted by Nina Innsted.
Researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Editing and scoring by Kory Hilpmann.
Script editing, additional writing and production direction by Rosanna and Benjamin Fitton.
MUSIC:
Shadow Passage by Cody Martin
Bamburgh by Stephen Keech
Insidiously by Wicked Cinema
A Most Sinister Kind by Dresden, The Flamingo
Those Lost by Moments
Sussex by Stephen Keech
Invisible Line by Stephen Keech
The Rite by Wicked Cinema
Playing Games by Cody Martin
Mutual I'm Sure by Fleece Mob
Additional musical compositions by Kory Hilpmann.
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REFERENCES:
DOCUMENTS
https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/appellate-division-third-department/2004/2004-06813.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/606/176/2158021/
http://nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov/GCA00P00/WIQ3/WINQ130
http://nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov/GCA00P00/WIQ3/WINQ130
NEWSBANK
New York Post (NY), May 22, 2004
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
DAILY NEWS, Sept 24, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Sept 26, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Sept 27, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Sept 28, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Sept 29, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Sept 30, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Oct 1, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Oct 2, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Oct 3, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Oct 4, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Oct 6, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Oct 7, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Oct 10, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Oct 13, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Oct 15, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Oct 26, 1977
DAILY NEWS, Mar 31, 1978
DAILY NEWS, Apr 1, 1978
DAILY NEWS, Apr 4, 1978
DAILY NEWS, Nov 10, 1978
DAILY NEWS, Mar 10, 1979
DAILY NEWS, Mar 14, 1979
DAILY NEWS, Jun 24, 1979
STAR GAZETTE, Sept 27, 1977
STAR GAZETTE, Sept 28, 1977
STAR GAZETTE, Sept 29, 1977
STAR GAZETTE, Sept 30, 1977
STAR GAZETTE, Oct 19, 1977
STAR GAZETTE, Mar 31, 1978
THE POST-STAR, Sept 27, 1977
THE POST-STAR, Oct 5, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 27, 1977
NEWSDAY, Sept 8, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 13, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 14, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 15, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 16, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 19, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 20, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 21, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 22, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 25, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 26, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 27, 1978
NEWSDAY, Sept 28, 1978
NEWSDAY, Oct 4, 1978
NEWSDAY, Oct 6, 1978
NEWSDAY, Oct 7, 1978
JOURNAL NEWS, Sept 28, 1977
JOURNAL NEWS, Sept 30, 1977
JOURNAL NEWS, Feb 5, 1977
JOURNAL NEWS, Sept 5, 1978
JOURNAL NEWS, Sept 8, 1978
JOURNAL NEWS, Sept 14, 1978
JOURNAL NEWS, Sept 16, 1978
JOURNAL NEWS, Sept 20, 1978
JOURNAL NEWS, Sept 28, 1978
JOURNAL NEWS, Oct 5, 1978
JOURNAL NEWS, Oct 6, 1978
JOURNAL NEWS, Oct 7, 1978
JOURNAL NEWS, Nov 10, 1978
THE ITHACA JOURNAL, Sept 27, 1977
THE ITHACA JOURNAL, Sept 28, 1977
THE KINGSTON DAILY FREEMAN, Sept 27, 1977
DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, Sept 27, 1977
DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, Sept 28, 1977
DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, Sept 29, 1977
POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL, Sept 28, 1977
POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL, Oct 7, 1978
PRESS AND SUN-BULLETIN, Sept 28, 1977
THE HERALD STATESMAN, Sept 28, 1977
DAILY MESSENGER, Sept 29, 1977
ONLINE ARTICLES
http://diamonddistrict.org/
https://romanmalakov.com/blogs/blogs/official-guide-to-the-history-of-the-diamond-district-in-nyc#:~:text=Builders%20erected%20buildings%20on%2047th,know%20it%20today%20was%20established.
https://www.nyddc.com/about-the-ddc1.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/31/archives/new-jersey-pages-2-diamond-cutters-accused-of-slaying-broker-last.html
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/autopsies-and-jewish-law/
https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/10/archives/diamond-brokers-killers-get-25-years-the-maximum-trial-took-5-weeks.html
https://newspaperarchive.com/panama-city-news-herald-dec-15-1977-p-41/
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4402&context=bg-news
https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1978.04.07.001/50
BOOKS
Precious Objects: A Story of Diamonds, Family, and a Way of Life By Alicia Oltuski
Unnatural death: confessions of a medical examiner by Michael M. Baden