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Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.233 | RG Number: RG-60.2522 | Film ID: 2283

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    Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl

    Overview

    Description
    Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl was an early confidant of Hitler but fell increasingly out of favor after Hitler's assumption of power. In 1937 Hitler ordered Hanfstaengl to parachute over Spain and act as an agent for Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Hanfstaengl feared this was really a plot on his life and, in his telling, he convinced the plane's pilot to return to Germany. According to Albert Speer in his memoirs, this was all an elaborate practical joke and no harm was intended. However, Hanfstaengl was frightened enough to decide to defect. It is this episode which is documented in this footage.

    "Putzi" Hanfstaengl and a small entourage exit a building in overcoats and hats, and carry luggage to a car. We then see "Putzi" and friends on an air strip. 01:00:26 Putzi stands beside General Karl Bodenschatz. 01:00:33 General Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf in profile on left of screen. An officer straps a parachute onto "Putzi's" back, he enters the plane with other men. INT, MCU, "Putzi" inside the plane. "Putzi" disembarking from the plane. MCU, the airplane's propeller after landing.
    Film Collection Title
    Heinz Javorsky Collection
    Duration
    00:01:59
    Date
    Event:  1937
    Locale
    Munich, Germany
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of David Marwell
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Henry (Heinz) V. Jaworsky
    Subject: Ernst Hanfstaengl
    Biography
    Ernst Sedgewiek Hanfstaengl (or Hanfy or Putzi, as he was usually called) (1887-1975), was a German-American at the core of the rise of Hitlerism. Born into a well-known New England family, he was introduced to Hitler in the early 1920s by Captain Truman-Smith, the U.S. Military Attache in Berlin. He became an ardent Hitler supporter, on occasion financed the Nazis and, according to Ambassador William Dodd, .".. is said to have saved Hitler's life in 1923." Putzi became not only an early friend, backer and financier of Hitler, but among those early Hitler supporters he was, .", . almost the only person who crossed the lines of his (Hitler's) groups of acquaintances." In 1931, Hanfstaengl became NSDAP foreign press chief. Hanfstaengl became alienated from Hitler in 1937 and fled to England. He was interned in a Canadian prisoner of war camp. With Germany and the United States now at war Putzi re-calculated the odds and concluded, "Now I knew for certain that Germany would be defeated." Putzi's release from the POW camp came with the personal intervention of old friend President Roosevelt.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:00:01:00 to 01:02:00:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2283 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w
      Master 2283 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 2283 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w
      Master 2283 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 2283 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w
      Master 2283 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 2283 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w
      Master 2283 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2283 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2283 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2283 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2283 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Conditions on Use
    To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    This film was originally created for the German Propaganda Ministry and was later removed by cameraman Henry (Heinz) V. Javorsky. David Marwell, former Director of the Collections Division at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, purchased a 16mm film copy from Mr. Javorsky and subsequently donated it to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum November 22, 2000.
    Note
    See Film and Video subject files for biographical and other information on Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl.
    Film Source
    David Marwell
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 3367
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:49:38
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