According to daniel simone, coauthor with hill of the lufthansa heist, valentis testimony is a lie. It wasnt just morrie, who griped about getting screwed out of his cut of the historic lufthansa heist at kennedy airtport. Aug 01, 2015 and from my objective point of view, the lufthansa heist is a great book. New book on mafias biggest robbery, the lufthansa heist. From henry hill himself, the lufthansa heist is the last book he worked on. From henry hill himself, the lufthansa heist is the last book he worked on before his 2012 death. This full account brings readers behind the heist memorialized in goodfellas, a crime that has baffled law enforcement for decades.
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Youll find many books and films of sensational capers, but theyre all fiction. Oct 21, 2015 vincent asaro, seen here flanked by f. Burke and hill assembled a team for the robbery and waited for the word from his inside man, werner. The real story of the lufthansa heist, the mafia, and murder by anthony m.
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