Adolf Hitler FBI Files

Description

FBI Files on Adolf Hitler: Investigations and Sightings

Detailed Timeline of Main Events:

• 1923: Ernst Franz Sedwick “Putzi” Hanfstangl, an author, becomes an intimate friend of Adolf Hitler and later serves as his Nazi Press Chief.
• 1933:A citizen provides information to the German embassy in Washington, D.C., regarding an alleged plot by a group of Jewish Americans in New York to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
• The German embassy informs the FBI about the information it received regarding the alleged assassination plot.
• The FBI begins investigating the alleged assassination plot.
• 1938: The FBI notes a possible connection between Ernst Hanfstangl and the Black Tom and Kingsland explosions (events that occurred during World War I).
• 1941: J. Edgar Hoover writes a memorandum detailing information from a confidential source about a new succession plan Adolf Hitler made in case of his death.
• World War II (1939-1945): Ernst Hanfstangl spends the war years in Canada and the United States. The FBI does not interview him during this time.
• Post-World War II: The FBI maintains files related to numerous reported “alive” sightings of Adolf Hitler, particularly in Argentina.
• Post-World War II (Ongoing): The FBI lab conducts analysis to authenticate documents related to Adolf Hitler, including his marriage certificate, will, and other political documents.

Cast of Characters:

• Adolf Hitler: (1889-1945) The central figure of Nazi Germany, serving as dictator from 1933 to 1945. The FBI files document investigations into alleged assassination plots against him before and during the war, his succession plans, and numerous reported sightings of him after his supposed death.
• J. Edgar Hoover: (1895-1972) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for nearly five decades. A memorandum written by him in 1941 is mentioned in the source, indicating his awareness and involvement in intelligence gathering related to Hitler.
• Ernst Franz Sedwick “Putzi” Hanfstangl: (1887-1975) An author and initially an intimate friend of Adolf Hitler from 1923, serving as Hitler’s Nazi Press Chief. The FBI maintained files on Hanfstangl, noting his possible connection to the Black Tom and Kingsland explosions in 1938. He spent World War II in Canada and the United States, but the FBI never interviewed him.
• Jewish Americans (Group in New York): An unnamed group of Jewish Americans residing in New York who were allegedly plotting to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1933, according to information received by the German embassy and subsequently shared with the FBI.
• Citizen (Unnamed): An individual who provided information to the German embassy in Washington, D.C., in 1933 regarding the alleged assassination plot against Hitler.
• Confidential Source (Unnamed): An individual who provided information to the FBI in 1941 regarding a new succession plan made by Adolf Hitler in case of his death.

Adolf Hitler FBI Files

947 pages of files covering matters investigated in the United States by the Bureau related to Adolf Hitler.

This collection contains two copies of the FBI Files. The first are 947 Pages of color scans from the National Archives & Records Administration in College Park, Maryland. The other is an older release from a reference copy made from FBI microfilm containing 746 pages of the Hitler files.

Files document the FBI’s treatment of a wide variety of “alive” sightings of Hitler after the war. The Bureau maintained files relating to sightings in Argentina. Contains FBI lab reports on authenticating Hitler’s marriage certificate, will, and other political documents. Files contains reporting of information given to the bureau of an alleged plot by a group of Jewish Americans in New York to assassinate Hitler in 1933. In 1933 information by a citizen was given to the German embassy in Washington, of the alleged plan. The German embassy informed the FBI of the information it received. A memorandum written by J. Edgar Hoover in 1941 tells of information from a confidential source about a new succession plan Hitler made in case of his death.

The FBI microfilm section also contains an additional 122 pages of files covering “Putzi” Ernst Franz Sedwick Hanfstangl. Hanfstangl was an author and from 1923, an intimate friend of Adolf Hitler, who served as Hitler’s Nazi Press Chief. In 1938, the FBI noted that Hanfstangl possibly had been connected with the Black Tom and Kingsland explosions. Hanfstangl spent War World II in Canada and the United States. The FBI never interviewed Hanfstangl.