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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,…
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Pop culture portrays Nazis as the ultimate bad guys—and for good reasons. From 1933 to 1945, they committed history’s worst crimes against humanity. It’s understandable why millions believe a unique mental disease must’ve inflicted Hitler and his henchmen. But as El-Hai describes in this well-researched nonfiction book, many perpetrators of the Holocaust may have been … normal.
U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley studied 52 high-ranking Nazis, including Luftwaffe Commander Hermann Göring, as they awaited post-World War II trials at Nuremberg. The American captain’s conclusion?
Most were simply ambitious. Subsequent studies, such as the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, appear to back…
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