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Harvard, he attended his class reunion at Cambridge, Mass., and
visited many United States friends and some of his Sedgwick
relatives before returning to Berlin. His wife divorced him in 1936 in
Bavaria. His son, Egon, had been with him and had attended St.
Paul's School, London, in 1937 and 1938. The boy called upon
Hitler in Berlin about September 1, 1939, as hostilities were breaking
out between the Nazis and other European nations. He told Hitler of
his plans to go to the United States to complete his education at
Harvard. Hitler said that he must not go but the boy succeeded in
making his way out of Germany, joining his father in England and
taking passage for the United States on one of the last regularly
scheduled steamers before the war began and the ocean was
blockaded. Egon Hanfstaengl completed his freshman year
successfully at Harvard and began his sophomore year. He enlisted
in the air force of the United States in February, 1941, and left the
university to continue his training which had begun at Harvard. He
was in 1944 a Sergeant in New Guinea. According to report Ernst
Hanfstaengl was interned in a London camp beginning late in 1939.
In 1940 he was transferred from London to a Canadian internment
camp. He came from Canada to Washington, D.C., in 1943 for a
short time to answer questions by the United States Government and
was then returned to Canada. During his stay in Washington a series
of questioning with answers took place. The dialogue was submitted
to President Franklin D. Roosevelt whom Hanfstaengl when a
Harvard student had known. Hanfstaengl was released from Canada
in 1947 and went to Bavaria where he has told much of his
experiences. Egon retired in 1947 from the United States Army after
some three years partly as an officer in the army and joined his
mother in New York City. Children:
1. Egon Ludwig, b. February 3, 1921, at Munich, Bavaria.
(B2C,514,1)
2. Hertha, b. July 20, 1924; d. July 28, 1929.
B2C,6.
Elizabeth Sedgwick, 6th child of Roderick Sedgwick (B2C) and
Margaret Stuart (Dean) Sedgwick, was born February 6, 1826, in
New York City, died Aprill 11, 1866, in Paris, France, and was
buried in Pere La Chaise, Paris. She married in New York City
October 9 (or April 12), 1854, Berman Berend. They lived for a
time at 208 West 23d Street, New York City and later in Paris.
Children (Berend):
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