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Egon Ludwig Sedgwick Hanfstaengl ([ɛɡɔn hanf.ˈʃtɛŋl] February 3, 1921 – March 21, 2007) was a German-American art publisher who was also Adolf Hitler's godson and the son of Ernst Hanfstaengl. Life. Egon Hanfstaengl was born on February 3, 1921, in New York City as the son of Ernst Hanfstaengl and Helene Hanfstaengl, née Niemeyer.
Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg war Egon Hanfstaengl Dozent für europäische und amerikanische Geschichte am Brooklyn College in New York. Von 1958 bis zu deren Auflösung 1980 war er Geschäftsführer der Kunst- und Verlagsanstalt Franz Hanfstaengl in München. Als Patenkind Adolf Hitlers trat er in mehreren Dokumentarfilmen über Hitler auf.
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Apr 21, 2017 · A Boston Herald headline proclaimed: “Hanfstaengl, Harvard’s Hero.”. The beneficiary of this publicity, Ernst “Putzi” Hanfstaengl, claimed that as a result of this incident he got to know Theodore Roosevelt Jr., a fellow Harvard student and elder son of the president.
Sept. 24, 1934. Dr. Ernst F. Sedgwick Hanfstaengl was a generous member of the Harvard Class of 1909 with a "perennial affection for Harvard, Boston and New England." "Hanfy," or "Putzy," as his ...
Jun 13, 2005 · Hanfstaengl's son, Egon, became Hitler's godson. His glamorous wife, Helene, meanwhile, became the object of Hitler's infatuation. Hanfstaengl also used his many contacts in the US and Britain to ...
FDR did allow Egon Hanfstaengl to complete a propaganda book on the Hitler Youth, which was published anonymously after Military Intelligence had scanned it ‘with a view to preventing any leak of information which might embarrass the war-effort’. FDR then instructed that Egon be assigned to active duty in the south-west Pacific.
