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The Nazi and the Psychiatrist

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by Jack El-Hai


  intervention for Göring’s wife and daughter, 113

  on Ley’s suicide, 107–108

  on narco-hypnosis for Hess, 86

  Nazi prisoner resentment against, 52–53

  on Nazi prisoners appeals for comfort, 10

  presentation of indictments to prisoners and, 99–101

  press and, 42

  on prisoners’ dreams, 91

  prison security and, 49–50, 55–56, 125–126

  psychological examination of Hess and, 117–118

  reassignment of Dolibois and, 101

  rehearsal for trial, 128

  on request for Nazi brain samples, 153

  rules/routine for prisoners, 51, 52, 53

  view of prisoners, 53

  Antabuse, 167

  Anti-Semitism, 70

  Göring and, 114

  Hess and, 82

  Hitler and, 159

  Rosenberg and, 88–89

  Streicher and, 63, 88

  Antisocial behavior, 69

  Archer, Robert P., 222

  Arendt, Hannah, 162, 220

  Ashcan interrogation center, 6

  Aspudden Hospital, 19

  Atomic Energy Commission, 188

  Attentive listening, 197

  Aufbau Einer Nation (Building a Nation) (Göring), 123

  Battle psychiatry, 39–41

  Beck, Samuel J., 175, 221

  “Beer Hall” Putsch, 91

  Beethoven, Ludwig van, 92

  Berkeley Gazette (newspaper), 208

  Berkeley Police Department, psychiatric evaluation of police recruits/office candidates, 183–185

  Biddle, Francis, 146

  The Big Con (Maurer), 183

  Bilbo, Theodore, 163

  Bormann, Martin, 3, 13, 149

  Borson, Harry, 204

  Bowman-Gray School of Medicine, 165–166, 176, 179

  Brandt, Karl, 93, 98, 160

  Braun, Eva, 161

  Breen, James F., 26

  Brickner, Richard, 69–70

  Brooke, Leora, 124

  Brown Shirts of the Sturmabteilung, 11

  Brunner, José, 221

  Bryan, Stephanie, 187, 215

  Burroughs, William, 21

  Butterflies, McGlashan and, 27, 93

  California Attorney General’s Office, 188

  California Medical Association, 189

  Cameron, Donald Ewen, 117

  Card VII (Rorschach), 94

  Central Intelligence Agency, 43

  Chaplains, Nuremberg prison, 53–54, 91

  Cherry, R. Gregg, 177

  Child-rearing, Kelley on, 171

  Churchill, Winston, 81, 84

  Cleckley, Hervey, 75

  Clothing, of Nazi prisoners/defendants, 90, 127, 128, 130

  Codeine, 15

  Collier’s (magazine), 164

  Columbia University, 31

  Combat neurosis/combat exhaustion, treatment of, 38–41, 168–170

  Concentration camps

  Allied films of survivors and conditions of, 134–136

  Conti and, 98

  Göring and, 12, 59, 77, 135–136

  incineration of executed Nazis at Dachau, 153

  Schacht and, 7

  Schirach and, 90

  Conti, Leonardo, 93, 98

  Contraband, at Nuremberg, 125–126

  Criminal Man (television program), 189, 190–191, 214

  Criminology

  intersection with psychiatry, 68–71

  Kelley and, 176–179

  Cullen, Ray, 186

  Cyanide poison

  Göring’s, 8–9, 171, 209

  Kelley’s, 206, 208–210

  Dachau concentration camp, incineration of executed Nazis at, 153

  Davidson, Eugene, 12

  Davis, Chester S., 168–170

  Day, Clarence, 199

  Dean, James, 188

  Depression, Nazi prisoners and, 20, 80, 91, 98, 119, 142

  Der Loisl, the Story of a Girl, 130

  Der Stürmer (The Stormtrooper) (newspaper), 7, 63

  “The Detection of Deception” (Kelley’s course offering), 182

  The Diary of Anne Frank, 214

  Dicks, N. P., 83

  Dodd, Thomas J., 145

  Dolibois, John, 54

  delivering Göring’s letters to Emmy and, 78, 80

  departure from Nuremberg prison, 101

  discovery of Ley’s body, 107

  Gilbert and, 104

  Göring and, 88

  on Göring’s physical appearance, 22

  on Hess, 85, 217

  Rorschach test administration and, 94, 96

  Rosenberg and, 89

  as translator, 16, 73, 75

  Dönitz, Karl, 67, 123

  on American prosecution, 122

  at Ashcan, 6

  contraband found in cell, 126

  IQ of, 111

  Kelley on, 92

  presentation of indictment to, 101

  protest of treatment, 41–42

  reaction to images of concentration camps, 135

  Rorschach test and, 94

  sentencing of, 148

  Streicher and, 63

  Donner Lake, 197

  Donner Party, McGlashan family and, 25–27, 28, 193

  Donovan, William “Wild Bill,” 43, 67, 106, 116

  information passed to by Kelley, 121, 122–123

  Dos Passos, John

  on Hess, 129

  on Streicher, 130

  Douglas, Emily Taft, 155

  Douglas-Hamilton, Douglas, 81

  Dreher, George, 205

  Drexel University, 222

  East Bay Psychiatric Association, 188

  Eddy, Nathan B., 14

  Educational Television and Radio Center, 189

  Eichmann, Adolf, 105, 162, 218

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 4

  Göring correspondence to, 6, 9, 10

  response to Nazi prisoner claims of mistreatment, 41–42

  Ends vs. means, Nazis and, 159

  Erlangen, 120–121

  Ethics, of Nazis, 157

  Eugene of Savoy, 13

  Evipan, 83, 86

  Execution, of convicted Nazis, 153

  Fabing, Howard D., 41, 165

  Fakes, Frauds and Fools (television program), 189

  Fascism, 70

  FBI, 185

  First International Congress of the World Federation of Mental Health, 176

  Fitzkee, Dariel, 210–211

  Flanner, Janet, 145

  Foster, Bo, 5

  Fraenkel, Heinrich, 146

  France, International Military Tribunal and, 43, 67

  Frank, Hans, 53

  on approaching trial, 122

  death sentence of, 149

  execution of, 153

  on Hitler’s culpability, 133

  IQ of, 111

  religious conversion of, 91–92

  suicide attempts, 7

  at trial rehearsal, 128

  Frick, Wilhelm

  death sentence, 149

  as defendant, 130

  at trial rehearsal, 128

  Fritzsche, Hans

  acquittal of, 148

  on approaching death, 112

  arrival at Nuremberg prison, 53

  as defendant, 130

  on Göring, 134

  later conviction of, 149

  reaction to images of concentration camps, 135

  Führer principle, 158

  Funk, Walther, 123

  indictment of, 101

  reaction to images of concentration camps, 135

  sentencing of, 148

  Gastrointestinal disorders

  Hess and, 130, 141, 160, 216

  Hitler and, 160

  Gellately, Robert, 174

  General semantics, 33–34, 54

  at Graylyn, 167–170

  treatment of combat exhaustion and, 40

  GENII (magazine), 34

  George VI, 81, 83
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  Gerecke, Henry F., 53, 91, 150

  German culture, rise of Nazism and, 158

  Germany, assessment of mental disorder of, 69–70

  Gestapo, Göring and, 12, 123

  Gilbert, Gustave Mark, 144, 210

  assignment to Nuremberg prison, 101–104

  death of, 220

  goal for research on Nazi prisoners, 103–104, 105

  Göring and, 131

  on Göring at trial, 146

  Göring execution request and, 150

  on Hess at trial, 139

  independent assessment of Nazi psychiatric records and, 176

  as Jew in Nuremberg prison, 105–106, 112

  Keitel and, 140

  Kelley and, 106, 111, 143

  monitoring prisoner conversations during trial, 134

  on Nazi prisoners’ intelligence scores, 111

  Nuremberg Diary, 172–173

  prisoner morale and, 104–105

  prisoner preference for, 112

  psychological evaluation of Hess and, 117

  The Psychology of Dictatorship, 210

  request to become prison psychologist, 104

  Rorschach test administration and, 109–110

  Rorschach test interpretation, 218, 220

  seating assignments for defendant lunches and, 139–140

  Streicher and, 131

  Gillen, John, 16. See also Dolibois, John

  Glenn, Mary Edna, 186

  Goebbels, Joseph, 9, 13

  “Goering, Amiable Psychopath” (Gilbert), 218

  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 92

  Goldensohn, Leon, 143, 174

  Göring, Albert, 6

  Göring, Carin, 18, 19

  Goring, Charles Buckman, 69

  Göring, Edda, 5, 57, 58, 59, 80, 112, 113

  visit with father, 147–148

  Göring, Emmy, 57

  arrest of, 112, 113

  capture of husband and, 3–4

  confinement to Veldenstein Castle, 5, 59

  correspondence with husband, 78–80

  on husband’s death sentence, 149

  visit with husband at Nuremberg, 147–148

  Göring, Hermann

  adjustment to prison life, 56, 57, 77

  alleged homosexuality of, 58, 115

  on Andrus, 52–53

  Andrus and, 8, 10–11

  at Ashcan, 8–10

  assistance given to Jewish nurse, 115–116

  attempted assassination of, 55

  attempt to reward Kelley, 60–61

  attendance at religious services, 91

  at Augsburg, 5–6

  capture of, 3–4

  clothing of, 90, 128–129

  cyanide capsules and, 8–9, 171, 209

  death sentence of, 149

  as defendant, 128–129, 130, 131, 132, 133–134, 144–145, 146, 147

  defense of Nazi policies, 77, 133–134, 144–145

  defense strategy, 121, 123, 132

  defiance of, 146

  devotion/letters to family, 57–59, 78–80, 112–113, 147–148, 157

  drug addiction of, 14–15, 18–20, 21

  drug withdrawal of, 15, 19, 20–21

  early life, 11

  empathy for animals, 59–60

  on evidence against him, 136

  execution request, 150

  expectations of release from prison, 42–43

  final plea to court, 147

  first marriage, 58

  Gilbert on, 173

  Gilbert’s use of Rorschach test with, 109–110

  Hess and, 84, 87–88, 117, 131, 138–139, 142, 145

  Hitler and, 3, 11–12, 13, 113, 160

  Hitler’s execution order, 13

  on Hitler’s reaction to body of Mussolini’s desecration, 161

  on Hitler’s suicide, 115

  intelligence testing of, 110, 111

  jewelry of, 8, 17, 60, 154

  Kelley and, 16, 20–21, 24, 56, 60–61, 74–75, 76–78, 109–110, 112–116, 133–134, 142

  Kelley on, 144, 157

  Kelley’s concern for physical well-being in trial, 123

  Kelley’s departure and, 142

  Kelley’s first impression of, 24

  as leader of prisoners, 41, 57, 91, 122, 131, 132–133, 134, 139–140, 146

  on Ley’s suicide, 108

  medical evaluation/condition of, 9, 43–44

  narcissism of, 74–75

  Nazi career of, 11–13, 67

  on obeying orders, 76–77

  pill collection of, 13–15, 223

  presentation of indictment to, 99–100

  press and, 42

  on prospect of own death, 114–115

  psychological evaluation of, 94–95, 97–98, 110, 111

  reaction to images of concentration camps, 135–136

  Roehm and, 76

  Rorschach test and, 94–95

  second marriage, 58

  suicide of, 150–153, 171, 173

  theft and graft and enrichment of, 13

  Thematic Apperception Test and, 97–98

  titles of, 12–13

  transfer to Nuremberg prison, 44

  transport to Augsburg, 4–5

  visit with wife and daughter, 147–148

  weight loss of, 21–22

  Grand Hotel (Nuremberg), 48

  Gray, Bowman, 165–166

  Gray, Nathalie, 166

  Graylyn, 165–170, 179

  Great Britain, International Military Tribunal and, 43, 67

  Greenberg, Jacob and David, 165

  Greenberg Publisher, 165, 174, 179

  Group psychotherapy

  for combat exhaustion, 39–40

  at Graylyn, 166–167

  Halifax, Lord (E. F. L. Wood), 121

  Harrower, Molly, 176, 219, 220, 221, 222

  Haushofer, Karl, 86–87

  Hayakawa, S. I., 201

  Haymaker, Webb, 108–109

  Hermann Göring Works, 12

  Herrick Memorial Hospital, 207

  Hersey, John, 170

  Hess, Rudolf, 128

  alleged amnesia of, 83, 85–87, 116–119, 136–139, 216

  arrival at Nuremberg prison, 80–81, 84

  as British POW, 81–84

  as defendant, 129, 130, 131, 132, 147

  final plea to court, 147

  food claimed poisoned by British, 83, 84, 85, 86, 156, 223

  Göring and, 84, 87–88, 117, 131, 138–139, 142, 145

  health of, 84–88

  Hitler and, 81, 82–83, 113, 117

  IQ of, 111

  Kelley and, 84–86, 88, 141

  Kelley on, 144

  paranoia of, 83, 84, 141

  presentation of indictment to, 100–101

  psychological evaluation of, 116–119, 139

  reaction to images of concentration camps, 135

  as reader, 92

  refusal to visit with family, 148

  Rorschach testing and, 95–96, 110

  seated with Ribbentrop, 140

  sentencing of, 148, 149

  at Spandau Prison, 154, 215–217

  suicide of, 217

  Thematic Apperception Test and, 111

  Hill, Alice Vivienne, 37. See also Kelley, Alice “Dukie”

  Hill Hill, Mr. (Dukie Kelley’s father), 199

  Himmler, Heinrich, 9, 13, 77

  History of the Donner Party (McGlashan), 26

  Hitler, Adolf

  analysis of mind of, 159–160

  Göring and, 3, 11, 12, 13, 113, 160

  Hess and, 81, 82–83, 113, 117

  hypochondria of, 160

  Mein Kampf, 61, 82

  as Nazi CEO, 67

  Nazi prisoners and culpability of, 133, 140

  Schroeder and, 191–192

  suicide and, 160–161

  Holstrom, John, 183–184, 207

  Hoover, Herbert, 13

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 14

  Houdini, Harry, 30

 
Hypochondria, Hitler and, 160

  Ideological demagogues, as danger to America, 163–164

  Indictments of International Military Tribunal, 99–101, 130

  Institute for Psychoanalysis, 221

  Institute of General Semantics, 168

  Insulin therapy, 168

  Intelligence testing

  of Douglas Kelley, Jr., 200–201

  of Nazi prisoners, 110–111

  International Association of Chiefs of Police, 185

  International Military Tribunal

  charter from, 43

  desire to learn lessons from, 155–156

  employees of, 127

  indictments against Nazis, 99–101, 130

  information passed to by Kelley, 121–123

  negotiations over, 66–67

  International Rorschach Society, 175

  Is Germany Incurable? (Brickner), 69

  Jackson, Robert, 151

  closing speech at trial, 146–147

  Donovan and, 67, 123

  evaluation of Hess and, 86, 116

  Göring and, 12, 144, 145

  as head of prosecution, 43

  on Hess’s amnesia, 136–137

  at trial, 131–132

  Jewelry, Göring’s, 8, 17, 60, 154

  Jews

  Gilbert’s Jewishness, 105–106, 112

  Göring and, 12

  Triest’s Jewishness and, 73–74, 88

  See also Anti-Semitism

  Jodl, Alfred, 7, 67

  contraband found in cell, 125

  death sentence, 149

  defense strategy, 121–122

  presentation of indictment to, 101

  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease and Psychoanalytic Review, 117

  Juvenile delinquency, Kelley and, 185, 188

  Kahr, Gustav von, 18

  Kaltenbrunner, Ernst, 67

  death sentence, 149

  as defendant, 130

  Göring and, 13

  Kelley on, 66

  psychological evaluation of, 119–120, 158

  Kantzow, Carin von, 58

  Keitel, Wilhelm, 6–7, 67, 123

  contraband found in cell, 125–126

  death sentence, 149

  on Hitler’s culpability, 133

  intelligence testing of, 110

  plea for moral support, 140

  presentation of indictment to, 101

  as prisoner, 53

  trial rehearsal and, 128

  Kelley, Alice “Dukie” Hill, 41

  birth of children, 179

  death of, 223

  family road trips and, 197

  on husband and Gilbert, 106

  on husband and Waldear, 189–190

  on husband’s desire to forget war years, 156

  on husband’s study of Nazis, 172

  husband’s suicide and, 205–208, 209

  as keeper of husband’s records, 219, 220, 221–222

  life after husband’s suicide, 213–215

  politics and, 196

  relationship with husband, 2, 37–38, 198–200, 203–204

  relationship with son Doug, 222–223

  waiting for husband’s return, 124

  Kelley, Alicia, 179, 194, 196, 205, 215, 223

  Kelley, Allen, 179, 194, 205, 214, 215, 223

 

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