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The Gerhardt Crime Syndicate was founded in the 1930's by the German immigrant Deiter Gerhardt who used a shoe-shining business as a front for distributing alcohol during the prohibition era. Deiter later expanded the business into a trucking empire which further helped hide the true criminal nature of the business. Deiter was assassinated in 1951 and succeeded by his son, Otto. The Gerhardt's steadily expanded over the next few years and enjoyed almost undisputed power amongst the criminal underworld until 1979.read more