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Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl (2 February 1887 – 6 November 1975) was a German-American businessman and intimate friend of Adolf Hitler. He eventually fell out of favour with Hitler, however, and defected from Nazi Germany to the United States. He later worked for Franklin D. Roosevelt and was once engaged to the author Djuna Barnes.

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Born	2 February 1887 Munich, Germany
Died	6 November 1975 (aged 88) Munich, Germany
Zodiac	Aquarius
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Edgar Hanfstaengl · Father · 1842-1910 · German commercial purchaser & art publisher edit info

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Erna Hanfstaengl · Sister · 1885-1981 · Sister to Ernst Hanfstaengl and acquaintances of Adolf Hitler edit info

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Wilhelm Heine · Grandfather · 1827-1885 · German-American soldier, writer and artist edit info

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Hanns Heinz Ewers · Friend · 1871-1943 · German actor and writer edit info

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John Reed · Friend · 1887-1920 · American journalist, poet, and activist edit info

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Adolf Hitler · Friend · 1889-1945 · German, Head of State edit info

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Walter Lippmann · Friend · 1889-1974 · American journalist edit info

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Kurt Ludecke · Friend · 1890-1960 · German nationalist edit info

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Djuna Barnes 1892-1982 American Modernist writer, poet and artist info edit view couple »

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Djuna Barnes

American Modernist writer, poet and artist

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