Jumat, 17 November 2017

Play It Again, Putzi

A piano-playing Nazi official charmed Hitler, then betrayed him to the United States. During the height of World War II, a longtime intimate of Adolf Hitler lived as a pampered prisoner on a Virginia plantation eight miles from the White House. A gifted pianist and composer, Putzi Hanfstaengl had for years charmed his friend with …

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