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Ernst Franz Sedgwick HANFSTAENGL: German. A friend and political associate of Hitler...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/469
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This record is about the Ernst Franz Sedgwick HANFSTAENGL: German. A friend and political associate of Hitler... dating from 1933 Aug 10-1939 Oct 25 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/469
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1933 Aug 10-1939 Oct 25
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ernst Franz Sedgwick HANFSTAENGL: German. A friend and political associate of Hitler in the 1920s and 1930s, HANFSTAENGL became liaison officer between the Nazi Party and the foreign press in 1931. Difficulties between him and his Nazi Party colleagues led to his flight from Germany in 1937. Still loyal to Hitler, he was interned here and in Canada during the Second World War, after which he returned to Germany
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF 42252 VOL 1
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10967614/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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