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Ernst Hanfstaengl: Political Outsider Recounts Nazi Ties
In an interview linked to his memoirs, Ernst “Putzi” Hanfstaengl recalls his role with Hitler, his piano performances for the dictator, Harvard connections, and later service to Roosevelt. He discusses early meetings, 1920s crowd control, 1934 rifts, the 1923 beer hall putsch, and wartime intel work from Bush Hill Virginia.
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