Ernst Hanfstaengl
Ernst Hanfstaengl was born on February 2, 1887. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Ernst Hanfstaengl
Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁnst hanfˈʃtɛŋl̩]; 2 February 1887 – 6 November 1975) was a German American businessman and close friend of Adolf Hitler. He eventually fell out of favour with Hitler and defected from Nazi Germany to the United States. He later worked for Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was engaged to the author Djuna Barnes in the 1910s.