Isadore "Izzy" Einstein
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Isadore "Izzy" Einstein was a famously resourceful and humorous Prohibition-era federal agent renowned for his creative disguises and record-setting number of liquor arrests in the 1920s.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prohibition agent
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law enforcement officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| arrestedFor |
illegal liquor sales
ⓘ
violations of Prohibition laws ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedAs |
short and stout
ⓘ
unassuming in appearance ⓘ |
| employer |
U.S. Prohibition Unit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| enforcedLaw |
Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
NERFINISHED
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Volstead Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Einstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Prohibition enforcement
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law enforcement ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity | undercover operations ⓘ |
| givenName | Isadore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
creativity
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persistence ⓘ resourcefulness ⓘ sense of humor ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Moe Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | popular image of Prohibition agents as colorful characters ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ability to infiltrate speakeasies despite being widely recognized
ⓘ
comic and theatrical approach to undercover work ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance |
magazine profiles about Prohibition agents
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newspaper articles in the 1920s ⓘ |
| nickname | Izzy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
high conviction rate in Prohibition cases
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thousands of liquor arrests during Prohibition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
enforcing Prohibition laws in the 1920s
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record-setting number of liquor-related arrests ⓘ using humorous and creative disguises to make liquor arrests ⓘ |
| notableWork | memoirs about his Prohibition work ⓘ |
| occupation | federal Prohibition agent ⓘ |
| partner | Moe Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Prohibition era in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialContext | United States Prohibition (1920–1933) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedDisguises |
businessman
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musician ⓘ rabbi ⓘ street vendor ⓘ various working-class professions ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| workPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
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