In his memoir Augie's Secrets, Twin Cities journalist Neal Karlen concedes that the power temporarily wielded in Minneapolis by Jewish-American organized crime figures like Kid Cann and David Berman beginning in the Prohibition-era gave a major boost to local anti-Semitism, for which Minneapolis became infamous nationwide.
Neal Karlen, in his memoir Augie's Secrets, concedes that the brief dominance of Minneapolis by Jewish-American organized crime leaders like Kid Cann and David Berman during Prohibition years contributed to a surge in local anti-Semitism, which earned Minneapolis national infamy.