Egon Hanfstaengl
Egon Hanfstaengl | |
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New York City, New York, U.S. | |
Died | March 21, 2007 United States | (aged 86)
Known for | Being the godchild of Adolf Hitler |
Egon Ludwig Sedgwick Hanfstaengl ([ɛɡɔn hanf.ˈʃtɛŋl] February 3, 1921[1] – March 21, 2007) was a German-American art publisher who was also Adolf Hitler's godson and the son of Ernst Hanfstaengl.
Life
Egon Hanfstaengl was born on February 3, 1921, in New York City as the son of Ernst Hanfstaengl and Helene Hanfstaengl, née Niemeyer. Hitler became his godfather. He had a sister, Hertha, who died at the age of 5. He received his school education in England and Germany, where he also joined the Hitler Youth.
An American citizen by birth, he returned to the United States for his university education. As the son of a prominent former top official of the
Journalist
After World War II, Hanfstaengl was a lecturer in European and American history at Brooklyn College in New York. He was managing director of the art and publishing house Franz Hanfstaengl in Munich, from 1958 until its dissolution in 1980. As the godchild of Adolf Hitler, he appeared in several documentaries about Hitler.
He died on March 21, 2007, at the age of 86.
Literature
- Ulrich Chaussy: Zweimal Amerika und zurück nach Bayern: das bewegte Leben des Egon Hanfstaengl. Bayerischer Rundfunk, 2000.
References
- ^ Peter Conradi, Hitler's Piano Player, 2006, Seite 34
- ^ Hitler Ex-Aide's Son in Harvard. In: New York Times, 23. September 1939.
- ^ Hanfstaengl Jr. In Army; Harvard Man, Son of Ex-Nazi, Enlists in American Forces. In: New York Times, 30. Januar 1941.
- ^ Carlos Widmann, Play it again, Putzi. Der Spiegel, 10/1999.
- ^ Die Tagebücher von Joseph Goebbels. Hrsg. Elke Fröhlich. T. I, Bd. 9. München 1998, S. 119.
- ^ Joseph E. Persico: Roosevelt's Secret War. FDR and World War II Espionage. New York 2002, S. 232.
- ^ Joseph E. Persico: Roosevelt's Secret War. FDR and World War II Espionage. New York 2002, S. 332.