Author: Ernst Hanfstaengl
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Keywords: years, missing, hitler
Number of Pages: 310
Published: 1994-11-07
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1559702788
ISBN-13: 9781559702782

Author: Peter Conradi
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Keywords: hitler, confidant, ally, fdr, hanfstaengl, ernst, piano, player, rise
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2006-01-12
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0786716916
ISBN-13: 9780786716913

Through newly declassified documents, interviews with surviving members of the Hanfstaengl family, and original writings by Putzi, historian and author Peter Conradi weaves Putzi’s captivating tale. It was at a Munich Beer Hall in 1922 that this German man first saw Hitler speak, introduced himself and made his way in 20th-century history. Acting as haughty court jester, soothing pianist, and savvy foreign press chief for Hitler, Putzi became a close ally of the Fuehrer. Yet, once Putzi fell out of Hitler’s graces, he escaped Germany, was interned in Britain, transferred to Canada and f