Ernst Hanfstaengl
Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl 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. He later worked for Franklin D.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Munich
- Educated at
- Harvard University
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Trending topics shown first"The same Jewry now is seeking to smirch Germany's renaissance."
"The place looks like a delicatessen... You could have opened up a flower and fruit and wine shop with all the stuff stacked there. People were sending presents from all over Germany and Hitler had gro…"
"I had by this time heard a number of his public speeches and was beginning to understand the pattern of their appeal. The first secret lay in his choice of words. Every generation develops its own voc…"
"An eccentric, gangling man, whose sardonic wit somewhat compensated for his shallow mind."
"In the last 14 years Jewry has achieved positions of influence which it has grossly misused morally, financially and politically in an unheard-of manner, with the result that the German people crumble…"
"The Jews who already have been ousted were put out because they were morally and politically unfit to safeguard German interests."
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Timeline
1887
Born
Birth1975
Died
Death
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