Ernst Franz Hanfstaengel
Dr. Ernst Franz “Putzi” Hanfstaengel, born February 11, 1887 in Munich, graduate of Harvard University, participant in the November 9, 1923 Nazi Putsch attempt in Munich, early Nazi Party Foreign Press Chief, fled Germany for the United States in 1937, author Hitler: The Missing Years and Unheard Witness, died on November 6, 1975 in Munich, said of himself: “My chief claim to fame was as a player of the piano for Hitler.” (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)
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At Stalingrad on November 6, 1942 the weather was foggy, occasional rain, with mid-afternoon heavy rain. Visibility was very bad, road conditions were passable (but only for four-wheel drive.) Sunrise was at 6:55 a.m.; sunset was at 4:35 p.m. The phase of the moon was waning crescent, with 6% illumination. (Stalingrad: The Death of the German Sixth Army on the Volga, 1942-1943)