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:''For other individuals with the same surname, see Hanfstaengl family.'' Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl (February 2, 1887 – November 6, 1975) was a German businessman who was an intimate of Adolf Hitler before falling out of favor and defecting. He later worked for Franklin D. Roosevelt and was once engaged to the author Djuna Barnes. ==Early life== Ernst Hanfstaengl, nicknamed "Putzi",〔A nickname (which may have been acquired in youth) meaning "little fellow;" as an adult Hanfstaengl was 6'4" tall. (''Toland'')〕 was born in Munich, Germany, the son of a German art publisher, Edgar Hanfstaengl, and an American mother. He spent most of his early years in Germany and later moved to the United States. His mother was Katharine Wilhelmina Heine, daughter of William Heine, a cousin of American Civil War Union Army general John Sedgwick. His godfather was Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He had an elder sister, Erna,〔Some authorities suggest that Hitler was romantically involved with Erna, a tall and stately woman, or had romantic affections for her. ("''Shirer''"). ''See also'' Wikipedia article on Geli Raubal. While some historians have written that Hitler was nursed by Erna (and her mother) at Uffing following the Beer Hall putsch, Toland claims that this is a myth, resulting from the misinterpretation of the American journalists who interviewed the three Hanfstaengl women (the mother, sister and wife of Ernst) immediately after Hitler's arrest by the authorities. ''Toland'', p. 181 (footnote).〕 two elder brothers Edgar and Egon, and a younger brother Erwine.〔''See A Sedgwick Genealogy: Descendants of Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick'' (p. 143) at sedgwick.org ((Sedgwick Genealogy )). His elder brother Egon served in the German Army in World War I and was killed in 1915; his younger brother Erwine died of typhoid in the American Hospital in Paris in 1914.〕 He attended Harvard University and became acquainted with Walter Lippmann and John Reed. A gifted pianist, he composed several songs for Harvard's football team. He graduated in 1909. He moved to New York and took over the management of the American branch of his father's business, the Franz Hanfstaengl Fine Arts Publishing House. On frequent mornings he would practice on the piano at the Harvard Club of New York, where he became acquainted with both Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt. Among his circle of acquaintances were the newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst, author Djuna Barnes (to whom he was engaged), and actor Charlie Chaplin. Upon the outbreak of World War I, he asked the German military attaché in New York Franz von Papen to smuggle him back to Germany. Slightly baffled by the proposal, the attaché refused and Hanfstaengl remained in the U.S. during the war. After 1917, the American branch of the family business was confiscated as enemy property. On February 11, 1920, Hanfstaengl married Helene Elise Adelheid Niemeyer of Long Island. Their only son, Egon Ludwig, eventually enlisted in the US Army Air Corps. A daughter, Hertha, died at the age of five. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ernst Hanfstaengl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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