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The nazi and the psychiatrist

In 1945, after his capture at the end of World War II, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg accompanied by sixteen suitcases and a red hatbox. The suitcases contained all manner of paraphernalia: medals, gems, cigar cutters, silk underwear, a hot-water bottle, and the equivalent of $1 million in cash. Hidden in a coffee can was a set of brass vials containing potassium cyanide. Joining Göring in the detention center were the elite of the captured Nazi regime -- fifty-two in all, of whom Göring was the dominant figure. To ensure that the captives were fit for trial at Nuremberg, the US Army sent army psychiatrist Captain Douglas M. Kelley to supervise their mental well-being. Kelley realized he was being offered the professional opportunity of a lifetime: to discover a distinguishing trait among these archcriminals that would mark them as psychologically different from the rest of humanity. So began a remarkable relationship between Kelley and his captors, told here for the first time with unique access to Kelley's long-hidden papers and medical records.

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  • "In 1945, after his capture at the end of World War II, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg accompanied by sixteen suitcases and a red hatbox. The suitcases contained all manner of paraphernalia: medals, gems, cigar cutters, silk underwear, a hot-water bottle, and the equivalent of $1 million in cash. Hidden in a coffee can was a set of brass vials containing potassium cyanide. Joining Göring in the detention center were the elite of the captured Nazi regime -- fifty-two in all, of whom Göring was the dominant figure. To ensure that the captives were fit for trial at Nuremberg, the US Army sent army psychiatrist Captain Douglas M. Kelley to supervise their mental well-being. Kelley realized he was being offered the professional opportunity of a lifetime: to discover a distinguishing trait among these archcriminals that would mark them as psychologically different from the rest of humanity. So began a remarkable relationship between Kelley and his captors, told here for the first time with unique access to Kelley's long-hidden papers and medical records."@en
  • "In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, accompanied by sixteen suitcases and a red hatbox. Joining Göring in the detention center were the elite of the captured Nazi regime. To ensure that the villainous captives were fit for trial at Nuremberg, the US Army sent an ambitious army psychiatrist, Captain Douglas M. Kelley, to supervise their mental well-being during their detention."@en
  • "In a devastated Europe at the end of World War II, the improbable relationship between fallen tyrant Hermann Göring and rising US Army physician Douglas Kelley became a hazardous quest into the nature of evil. Göring, former war hero, Hitler confidante, Luftwaffe chief, and Reichsmarschall--had become an obese, paranoid codeine addict suffering from heart disease. The man whose mother said of him, "Hermann will either be a great leader or a great criminal," was slowly coming to realize that he would be known through history as the latter and would likely be imprisoned for life as a result. His first imprisonment was in the American-run makeshift prison at Mondorf-les-Bains, a castle and spa in bucolic Luxembourg. The psychiatrist given charge of maintaining his mental health--and that of other Nazi prisoners--was Dr. Douglas McGlashan Kelley, an earnest Californian at the end of his three-year army service. This last assignment would bring him face to face with evil beyond his medical skills or his mental capacities."@en
  • "In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, accompanied by sixteen suitcases and a red hatbox. The suitcases contained all manner of paraphernalia: medals, gems, two cigar cutters, silk underwear, a hot-water bottle, and the equivalent of $1 million in cash. Hidden in a coffee can, a set of brass vials housed glass capsules containing a clear liquid and a white precipitate: potassium cyanide. Joining Göring in the detention center were the elite of the captured Nazi regime--Grand Admiral Dönitz, armed forces commander Wilhelm Keitel and his deputy Alfred Jodl, the mentally unstable Robert Ley, the suicidal Hans Frank, the pornographic propagandist Julius Streicher--fifty-two senior Nazis in all, of whom the dominant figure was Göring. To ensure that the villainous captives were fit for trial at Nuremberg, the US Army sent an ambitious army psychiatrist, Captain Douglas M. Kelley, to supervise their mental well-being during their detention. Kelley realized he was being offered the professional opportunity of a lifetime: to discover a distinguishing trait among these archcriminals that would mark them as psychologically different from the rest of humanity. So began a remarkable relationship between Kelley and his captors, told here for the first time with unique access to Kelley's long-hidden papers and medical records. Kelley's was a hazardous quest, dangerous because against all his expectations he began to appreciate and understand some of the Nazi captives, none more so than the former Reichsmarschall, Hermann Göring. Evil had its charms."
  • "In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Goring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, accompanied by sixteen suitcases and a red hatbox. The suitcases contained all manner of paraphernalia: medals, gems, two cigar cutters, silk underwear, a hot-water bottle, and the equivalent of $1 million in cash. Hidden in a coffee can, a set of brass vials housed glass capsules containing a clear liquid and a white precipitate: potassium cyanide. Joining Goring in the detention center were the elite of the captured Nazi regime-Grand Admiral Donitz, armed forces commander Wilhelm Keitel and his deputy Alfred Jodl, the mentally unstable Robert Ley, the suicidal Hans Frank, the pornographic propagandist Julius Streicher-fifty-two senior Nazis in all, of whom the dominant figure was Goring. To ensure that the villainous captives were fit for trial at Nuremberg, the US Army sent an ambitious army psychiatrist, Captain Douglas M. Kelley, to supervise their mental well-being during their detention. Kelley realized he was being offered the professional opportunity of a lifetime: to discover a distinguishing trait among these archcriminals that would mark them as psychologically different from the rest of humanity. So began a remarkable relationship between Kelley and his captors, told here for the first time with unique access to Kelley's long-hidden papers and medical records. Kelley's was a hazardous quest, dangerous because against all his expectations he began to appreciate and understand some of the Nazi captives, none more so than the former Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Evil had its charms."@en
  • "At the end of World War II, Hermann Goring-the former war hero, Hitler confidante, Luftwaffe chief, and Reichsmarschall-was an obese, paranoid codeine addict suffering from heart disease. When he was imprisoned in the American-run makeshift prison, the psychiatrist given charge of maintaining his mental health was Dr. Douglas McGlashan Kelley, an earnest. This last assignment would bring him face to face with evil beyond his medical skills and mental capacities."@en

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  • "The Nazi and the psychiatrist : Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a fatal meeting of minds at the end of WWII"
  • "The Nazi and the psychiatrist : Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a fatal meeting of minds at the end of WWII"@en

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