Author, political activist and Harvard-educated German whose mother was American. He became a confidant of Adolf Hitler in the 1920s and 1930s but defected to England in 1937, where he was imprisoned as an enemy alien in 1939 and later sent to Canada and the US. There he became a political and psychological adviser about the Nazi leaders for the Allies, and a friend of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1946 he returned to Germany.
Because of his musical abilities and his early association with the NSDAP, he was sometimes referred to as "Hitler's piano player" or his "court composer." In the early 1900s, he had also composed several songs for Harvard's football team.
He was the son of Edgar Hanfstaengl (1842-1910) and Katharina Wilhelmina Heine (1859-1945), and brother of Erna Hanfstaengl.
(from Erich Scheibmayr, Letzte Heimat et al, and Wikipedia)
Because of his musical abilities and his early association with the NSDAP, he was sometimes referred to as "Hitler's piano player" or his "court composer." In the early 1900s, he had also composed several songs for Harvard's football team.
He was the son of Edgar Hanfstaengl (1842-1910) and Katharina Wilhelmina Heine (1859-1945), and brother of Erna Hanfstaengl.
(from Erich Scheibmayr, Letzte Heimat et al, and Wikipedia)
Author, political activist and Harvard-educated German whose mother was American. He became a confidant of Adolf Hitler in the 1920s and 1930s but defected to England in 1937, where he was imprisoned as an enemy alien in 1939 and later sent to Canada and the US. There he became a political and psychological adviser about the Nazi leaders for the Allies, and a friend of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1946 he returned to Germany.
Because of his musical abilities and his early association with the NSDAP, he was sometimes referred to as "Hitler's piano player" or his "court composer." In the early 1900s, he had also composed several songs for Harvard's football team.
He was the son of Edgar Hanfstaengl (1842-1910) and Katharina Wilhelmina Heine (1859-1945), and brother of Erna Hanfstaengl.
(from Erich Scheibmayr, Letzte Heimat et al, and Wikipedia)
Because of his musical abilities and his early association with the NSDAP, he was sometimes referred to as "Hitler's piano player" or his "court composer." In the early 1900s, he had also composed several songs for Harvard's football team.
He was the son of Edgar Hanfstaengl (1842-1910) and Katharina Wilhelmina Heine (1859-1945), and brother of Erna Hanfstaengl.
(from Erich Scheibmayr, Letzte Heimat et al, and Wikipedia)
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