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Ernst Hanfstaengl

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The Resume

    (February 2, 1887-November 6, 1975)
    Born in Munich, Germany
    Early confidant of Adolf Hitler
    Named head of the Foreign Press Bureau in Berlin
    Wrote 'Hitler: The Missing Years' (1957)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was nicknamed 'Putzi,' meaning 'little fellow,' even though he was 6'2 tall.
    He was expelled from the Harvard Club after toasting the sinking of the Lusitania (1915).
    After the failed Beer Hall Putsch (1923), Hitler hid at his house and his wife dissuaded Hitler from committing suicide when the police came to arrest him.
    He helped finance the publication of 'Mein Kampf' and the Nazi party newspaper 'Volkishcer Beobachter.'
    Hitler was godfather of his son Egon.
    He said, 'Jewry now is seeking to besmirch Germany's renaissance.'
    He unsuccessfully sued the 'New Republic' for calling him 'Hitler's boyfriend.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He composed several fight songs for Harvard's football team.
    William Shirer said that his 'sardonic wit somewhat compensated for his shallow mind.'
    He helped recover property that had been seized from violinist Fritz Kreisler.
    He fled Germany after Hitler allegedly tried to have him parachuted from an airplane into Communist-held territory in Spain to work as a secret agent during the Civil War. (Although Albert Speer claimed the incident was an elaborate practical joke by Hitler and Joseph Goebbels.)
    During World War II, he worked for the OSS (the precursor of the CIA) providing information on the Nazi leadership.
    His son Egon (Hitler's godson) joined the US Army Air Corps during World War II.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 65 Votes: 52.31% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 37 Votes: 54.05% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 25 Votes: 72.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 46 Votes: 78.26% Annoying