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 sendin… - Ernst Hanfstaengl

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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 grown visibly fatter on the proceeds.

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About Ernst Hanfstaengl

Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl (February 2, 1887 – November 6, 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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Pen Names: Putzi
Alternative Names: Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl
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