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Book · 2013 · History

The Nazi and the Psychiatrist

Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII

by Jack El-Hai · Recommended by 2 people on 1 podcast

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Let's put it up here on the screen, The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a fatal meeting of minds at the end of World War II.
Emily Jashinsky · Breaking Points · Feb 2026 Listen at 0:07

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And in the course of researching that book, I went over this other psychiatrist's papers and found that he had met the psychiatrist who's the subject of The Nazi and the Psychiatrist.
Jack L. High Breaking Points · Feb 2026
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A viral essay is warning that AI is about to change absolutely everything. And the author of the Nazi and the Psychiatrist is going to join us to talk about what we learned about human beings at Nerburgg. So that should be really interesting.
On the show Breaking Points · Feb 2026

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The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai is a non-fiction work examining the fateful meeting between Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring and Army psychiatrist Dr. Douglas M. Kelley at the end of World War II. On an episode of Breaking Points, Emily Jashinsky and the host discussed the book ahead of an interview with the author. Jashinsky introduced the title at the outset of the conversation, highlighting the historical exploration of what can be learned about human behavior from the Nuremberg trials. During the interview, Jack L. High noted how his research process for the project led him to uncover historical papers connecting past psychiatrists. Later in the broadcast, the host brought up the book while introducing the author to the audience. At the conclusion of the segment, Emily Jashinsky offered a strong recommendation to the listeners, stating that the television adaptation of the material inspired her own deep research and urging everyone in the audience to go out and purchase a copy of the book for themselves.

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Emily Jashinsky I loved the movie as I said, it really inspired me to do my own research. I hope everybody goes and buys yo… 2
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“Let's put it up here on the screen, The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a fatal meeting of minds at the end of World War II.”
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“I loved the movie as I said, it really inspired me to do my own research. I hope everybody goes and buys your book.”
Jack L. High And in the course of researching that book, I went over this other psychiatrist's papers and found that he… 1
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“And in the course of researching that book, I went over this other psychiatrist's papers and found that he had met the psychiatrist who's the subject of The Nazi and the Psychiatrist.”
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“A viral essay is warning that AI is about to change absolutely everything. And the author of the Nazi and the Psychiatrist is going to join us to talk about what we learned about human beings at Nerburgg. So that should be really interesting.”

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