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Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl ( German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁnst hanfˈʃtɛŋl̩]; 2 February 1887 – 6 November 1975) was a German American businessman and close friend of Adolf Hitler. He eventually fell out of favour with Hitler and defected from Nazi Germany to the United States.
Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl (* 2. Februar 1887 in München; † 6. November 1975 ebenda) war ein deutsch-amerikanischer Geschäftsmann, Kunsthändler, politischer Aktivist und Politiker.
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.
Jun 13, 2005 · The author of the study - dubbed Hitler's Bedtime Story by an enthusiastic Roosevelt - was Ernst Sedgwick Hanfstaengl, former personal pianist and confidant of Hitler, and perhaps the one person outside Germany who really knew what made the Führer tick.
Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl ( German pronunciation: [ ˈɛʁnst hanfˈʃtɛŋl̩]; 2 February 1887 – 6 November 1975) was a German American businessman and close friend of Adolf Hitler. He eventually fell out of favour with Hitler and defected from Nazi Germany to the United States.
Dec 12, 1978 · 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,"...
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This highly personal memoir by one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates during the Nazi rise to power delves into the mind and character of the...
For here is a deliciously revealing self-portrait of the most ridiculous of all the Führer’s hangerson. Ernst Hanfstaengl—he is still alive and back in his old Munich villa—is a well-born Bavarian, with an American mother and a pre-1914 Harvard education.
On 30 June 1942, Ernst 'Putzi' Hanfstaengl arrived in the USA at the direct behest of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who intended to use this ex-nazi as an intelligence operative and psychological-warfare adviser.
Ernst Hanfstaengl (Putzi) was court jester, pianist, and foreign press chief for Hitler during his political climb, and later played a lead role in Roosevelt's top-secret project to use disinformation against the Nazis.
