Editing Ernst Hanfstaengl (section)

{{Short description|German American businessman (1887–1975)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name        = Ernst Hanfstaengl
|image       = Ernst Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg
|caption     = Hanfstaengl in 1934
|birth_name  = Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl 
|birth_date  = {{birth date|df=y|1887|2|2}}
|birth_place = Munich, German Empire
|death_date  = {{death date and age|df=y|1975|11|6|1887|2|2}}
|death_place = Munich, West Germany
|nationality = [[German American]]
|known_for   = Being a Nazi and close friend of [[Adolf Hitler]]
|alma mater  = [[Harvard University]]
|occupation  = Former Nazi and later Businessman
|spouse      = Helene Hanfstaengl
|children    = 2, including [[Egon Hanfstaengl|Egon]]
}}

'''Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɛʁnst hanfˈʃtɛŋl̩}}; 2 February 1887 – 6 November 1975) was a [[German Americans|German American]] businessman and close friend of [[Adolf Hitler]]. He eventually fell out of favour with Hitler and defected from [[Nazi Germany]] to the United States. He later worked for [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and was once engaged to the author [[Djuna Barnes]].