For fifteen years, from 1922 to 1937, Ernst Hanfstaengl, a brilliant intellectual and Harvard graduate, remained one of Hitler’s closest friends and associates.
For fifteen years, from 1922 to 1937, Ernst Hanfstaengl, a brilliant intellectual and Harvard graduate, remained one of Hitler’s closest friends and associates. Today we would call him a “PR man”: it is he who has the dubious honor of developing Nazi symbols and rituals. Having quarreled with the Fuhrer on ideological grounds, Hanf-Stangl fled to America, where he published his book. He tried to trace the path of Hitler’s moral degradation, which led an intelligent, nervous and sensitive young man to horrific atrocities and a tragic end.
Ultra. Culture, 376 p.