HANFSTAENGL,  ERNST  (PUTZI) 1887-1975

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Hitler's personal friend who from 1922 introduced Hitler into Munich society. Hanfstaengl became NSDAP foreign press chief in 1931. Alienated from Hitler in 1937 and first went to England and then the United States. During WWII, he became an advisor to Roosevelt and the Hearst press. Returned to Germany in 1946 and lived in Munich until his death.

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