Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstängl (Munich, February 2, 1887 - November 6, 1975) was a friend of Adolf Hitler and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945) was the Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ...

His mother was Katharine Wilhelmina Heine, daughter of William Heine (lithographer and Union General, possibly pallbearer to Lincoln) and a cousin of John Sedgwick. His godfather was Duke Ernst II. Lithography is a method for printing on a smooth surface, as well as a method of manufacturing semiconductor and MEMS devices. ... The Union was a name used by many to refer to the northern states during the American Civil War, while the deraugatory name for people in the north was Yankees. Besides the obvious fact that they were the remaining states left in the United States, the name seems also implied... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th (1861–1865) President of the United States, and the first president from the Republican Party. ... Major General John Sedgwick John Sedgwick (September 13, 1813 – May 9, 1864) was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. ... Ernst II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1818-1893) was the second hereditary duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ...

He attended Harvard University, where he composed football songs, and there became acquainted with Walter Lippmann and John Reed. He graduated in 1909. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 - December 14, 1974), was an influential United States writer, journalist, and political commentator. ... John Jack Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 19, 1920) was a journalist and activist, famous for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution called Ten Days that Shook the World. ...

While in the Fifth Avenue branch of his father's business—Franz Hanfstaengl, Fine Art Publishing House—he would practice piano at the New York Harvard Club, where he made acquaintance with both Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt. Street sign at Fifth Avenue and East 57th street Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New York City. ... Order: 26th President Vice President: Charles Warren Fairbanks Term of office: September 14, 1901 – March 3, 1909 Preceded by: William McKinley Succeeded by: William Howard Taft Date of birth: October 27, 1858 Place of birth: New York City Date of death: January 6, 1919 Place of death: Oyster Bay, New...

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Ernst later returned to Germany and became friends with Adolf Hitler, who called him "Putzi". He wrote Brownshirt marches based on his Harvard football songs. After the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch he sheltered Hitler in his attic. Helene reputedly prevented Hitler from killing himself. Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945) was the Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. ... Hitler addressing SA members in the late 1920s The Sturmabteilung (SA, German for Storm Division and is usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organisation of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Beer Hall Putsch occurred in the evening of Thursday, November 8 to early afternoon of Friday, November 9, 1923 when the nascent Nazi partys Führer Adolf Hitler, the popular World War I General Erich Ludendorff, and other leaders of the Kampfbund, unsuccessfully tried to gain power in Munich...

He financed the publication of Mein Kampf and claimed to have participated in the firing of the Reichstag. He became head of the Foreign Press Bureau in Berlin, but aside from his official position his importance lay in the fact that he entertained Hitler, who relaxed when "Putzi" played the piano. Mein Kampf (German for My Struggle) is a book written by Adolf Hitler, combining elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitlers political ideology of National Socialism. ... The Reichstag fire was a pivotal event in the establishment of Nazi Germany. ...

William Shirer, a CBS journalist residing in Nazi Germany until 1941 was in frequent contact with Hanfstängl and described him as "[An] eccentric, gangling man, whose sardonic wit somewhat compensated for his shallow mind". William Lawrence Shirer (1904 - 1993), U.S. historian & journalist. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ...

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He and Helene divorced in 1936, and he moved to England, where he was imprisoned as an enemy alien after the outbreak of World War II; he was later moved to a prison camp in Canada. In 1942 he was turned over to the U.S. (possibly on Roosevelt's personal intercession), but was handed back to the British in 1944, who returned him to Germany after the end of the war. 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He wrote Unheard Witness (1957) about his experiences.

External links

• Neemeyer Genæology (http://www.neemeyer.com/html/more_contacts.html)
• Putzi Lives! (http://www.qedcorp.com/pcr/pcr/si04.html)
• Yale Alumni Magazine (http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/00_03/letters.html)
• Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler (http://reformed-theology.org/html/books/wall_street/chapter_08.htm) by Antony C. Sutton
• The Holocaust Gallery (http://alexconstantine.50megs.com/psychic_dictatorship.html)
• ZMag (http://www.zmag.org/ZSustainers/ZDaily/1999-06/june_4raptis.htm)
• Sedgewick Genæology (http://www.sedgwick.org/na/library/books/sed1961/sed1961-143.html)
• Stars and Stripes (http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=126&article=23989&archive=true), 1971 AP interview
• Hitler's Piano Player, The Rise and Fall of Ernst Hanfstaengl, Confidant of Hitler, Ally of FDR — Sydney Morning Herald, June 13, 2005 (http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/The-strange-secret-tale-of-Hitlers-piano-man/2005/06/12/1118514927437.html)