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Brecht’s shudderingly accurate parallel between Hitler and his henchmen on the one hand and the old crime lords of Chicago on the other is a vigorous eye opener that was produced on Broadway with Christopher Plummer.

The Cauliflower Trust in Chicago is in need of help and turns to a racketeer by the name of Arturo Ui to begin a protection” campaign. His henchmen look astonishingly like Goebbels and Goring. Their activities include “accidental” fires and a St. Valentine’s Day massacre.”