Hitler's Piano Player: The Rise and Fall of Ernst Hanfstaengl: Confidant of Hitler, Ally of FDR - Softcover
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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 finally to America. Here, in an unusual turn of allegiance, Putzi began working with FDR, an acquaintance from New York's Harvard Club, and became the star of Roosevelt's "S-Project." He provided the White House with biographical information on hundreds of leading Nazis, analyses of Hitler's speeches, and a 68-page psychological portrait of Hitler —describing his education, diet and even his sex life. Filled with revelations about Hitler's personal life and descriptions of American psychological warfare, Hitler's Piano Player is a gripping book about a man torn apart by the most antagonistic of loyalties and history's missing personal link between Hitler and FDR.
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Peter Conradiis the author of The Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia's Most Brutal Serial Killer, and Mad Vlad: Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the New Russian Nationalism. A graduate of Oxford University, he also studied at Munich's Ludwig-Maximilian University and know Hanfstaengl's hometown well. Conradi is Deputy Foreign Editor of The Sunday Times (London).
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Hitler's Piano Player: The Rise and Fall of Ernst Hanfstaengl: Confidant of Hitler, Ally of FDR
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Carroll & Graf., New York., 2006
ISBN 10: 0786716916
ISBN 13: 9780786716913
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Seller: Doss-Haus Books, Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover 2006 edition. Text and covers in near fine condition. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. (352 pages). Seller Inventory # 020677
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Hitler's Piano Player: The Rise and Fall of Ernst Hanfstaengl: Confidant of Hitler, Ally of FDR
Published by
Carroll + Graf Publishers, 2004
ISBN 10: 0786716916
ISBN 13: 9780786716913
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Soft cover
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Seller: Fred M. Wacholz, Elkhart, IN, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book near fine stiff paper cover with actual photo of Putzi and Adolph Hitler, some small number notations on front end paper close to as new with no loose pages. No other marks found in clean bright text. This is the true story of the rise and fall of Ernst Hanfstarngl confidant of Hitler and Ally of Franklin Delano Roosevelt! A very interesting read. Seller Inventory # 7010