The Nazi and the Psychiatrist
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117“by a tightening of the hands” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 33.
117“a part of the memory loss is simulated” Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 120.
118“he obviously wanted to retain the amnesia” Ibid., 119–120.
118“the right channels” Stringer, “Hess’s Aloofness Fails.”
118“a large voluntary block” Ibid.
118Kelley believed the best course Kelley to Donovan, November 17, 1945.
118“he not be granted permission to conduct examinations” Andrus, Memorandum: “Psychiatric Consultation on Rudolf Hess.”
119scornfully noted that Hess once forcefully replied, “No” Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 120.
119“I was able to see through him” Ibid., 121–122.
119“Do you know about the studies of the size of the pupil of the eye?” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 21–22.
119Kelley faced a medical conundrum of a different sort Ibid., 134; Kelley, “Psychiatric Profiles of Nazi Defendants.”
120would have required a quarantine Tusa and Tusa, Nuremberg Trial, 145.
120a spinal puncture revealed Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 134; Kelley, “Medical Status of Prisoner Ernst Kaltenbrunner.”
120“Ernest Kaltenbrunner, the man who had terrified millions” Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 116.
120“may well prove fatal” Kelley, “Psychiatric Profiles of Nazi Defendants.”
120Kelley and translator Howard Triest traveled together Fry, Inside Nuremberg Prison, loc. 498–500.
121“He states that Halifax received this letter” Kelley to Donovan, November 10, 1945.
122“When Major Kelley dictated his report” J. E. S., Memorandum.
123Göring claimed to have written Fry, Inside Nuremberg Prison, loc. 651–658.
123“will prove a trying hardship” Kelley to Donovan, November 13, 1945.
123Donovan left the team Waller, Wild Bill Donovan, 343–346.
124“Sometimes they know what you’re thinking” Schaefer, “Virginia’s Reel.”
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125He instituted a new round of security measures Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 125.
125“And still we were finding contraband” Ibid., 125–127.
126In Ribbentrop’s messy cell Ibid., 125–127.
126“There is so much that they do not want exposed” Tusa and Tusa, Nuremberg Trial, 145–146.
126A set of new high-intensity ceiling lights Urban, Nuremberg Trials, 25.
127“optical confusion” Schacht, Confessions, 411.
127about fifteen hundred lunches Sprecher, Inside the Nuremberg Trial, 143.
127“We do not want them to be in a condition” Tusa and Tusa, Nuremberg Trial, 148.
127He made sure their uniforms Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 38, 144.
127“very inferior material” Tusa, Nuremberg Trial, 148.
128The order matched the listing Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 144.
128Göring devised a clever procedure Ibid., 59.
128Andrus feared the prospect Ibid., 114.
129“the professional mask of geniality” West, Train of Powder, 6.
129“has fallen away till it is nothing” Dos Passos, “Report from Nurnberg.”
129“plainly mad; so plainly that it seemed shameful” West, Train of Powder, 5.
130“a horrible cartoon of a Foxy Grandpa” Dos Passos, “Report from Nurnberg.”
130“like a woman in a way not common” West, Train of Powder, 5.
130in his checkered jacket Tusa and Tusa, Nuremberg Trial, 148.
130eighty-seven million bottles of champagne Neave, On Trial at Nuremberg, 240–241.
131he knew nothing about them Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary, 36.
132“If Göring swore under his breath” Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 128.
132“Damn it, I just wish” Gilbert, Psychology of Dictatorship, 110.
132“When the trial began he demonstrated his peculiar abilities” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 69.
133“You men knew the Führer” Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary, 70.
133in their minds, these were purely criminal acts Tusa and Tusa, Nuremberg Trial, 241.
133“Of course we rearmed” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 63.
134“Oh, but you will. You wait and see” Gilbert, “Trial Notes.”
135Streicher seemed keenly engrossed Tusa and Tusa, Nuremberg Trial, 160.
135“remained seated, as if turned to stone” Neave, On Trial at Nuremberg, 247.
135“I don’t believe it” Tusa and Tusa, Nuremberg Trial, 160.
135“Don’t let everyone tell you that they had no idea” Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary, 47–49.
135“It was such a good afternoon” Gilbert, Psychology of Dictatorship, 110.
136“You’re having a hard time keeping your group” Gilbert, “Trial Notes.”
136Chief prosecutor Jackson added Neave, On Trial at Nuremberg, 248–249.
136“He is in the volunteer class” Tusa and Tusa, Nuremberg Trial, 162.
137high-pitched voice that suggested barely repressed excitement Long, “Hess Tells Court He Faked.”
137“Henceforth my memory will again respond” Hess, “Statement before the IMT at Nuremberg.”
137Rohrscheidt laughed Tusa and Tusa, Nuremberg Trial, 162.
137“I’m glad you’re not going to fake anymore” Tucker, “Hess Gloomily Views Newsreels of Himself.”
138“How did I do? Good, wasn’t I?” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 32–34.
138“Hess, the Hess we have here?” Gilbert, “Notes on Rudolf Hess.”
138Göring felt resentful Kelley, “Rudolf Hess.”
139“as he looked around the courtroom” Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary, 53
139“but it is obvious he has been using amnesia” Long, “Hess Tells Court He Faked.”
139“he was too insane to testify” Kelley, “Nuremberg Trial.”
139“since he felt that to be denied a trial” Kelley, “Rudolf Hess.”
139“This man is competent” Kelley, “Psychiatric Evaluations.”
140“He was furious to be eating alone” Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary, 141.
140“Hess and Ribbentrop were put together” Tusa and Tusa, Nuremberg Trial, 242.
140“Gott im Himmel!” Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary, 102; Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 136.
140“Please let me talk to you” Gilbert, “Keitel Interview.”
141“good mental health” “Nazis No Longer Swagger at Trial.”
141“He wanted to know if an individual” Kelley, “Rudolf Hess.”
142“the General Staff Doctor, Major Kelley” Rosenberg to Douglas Kelley.
142Göring described a conversation Kelley, “Rudolf Hess.”
142he broke down and wept Zillmer et al., Quest for the Nazi Personality, 82.
143to replace Kelley as Nuremberg jail psychiatrist Wyllie, Warlord and the Renegade, 198.
144“practically lived with Hess” Davis, “Hitler Gang Just Ordinary Thugs.”
144“He might have been addressing” Neave, On Trial at Nuremberg, 255.
145“Somehow he makes me think of a captured lion” Dodd and Bloom, Letters from Nuremberg, 263.
145“His fellow prisoners followed him” Neave, On Trial at Nuremberg, 257.
145Göring’s obvious contempt Ibid., 259.
145“When the former Reichsmarschall strode” Dodd and Bloom, Letters from Nuremberg, 267.
145he lost his temper on the witness stand Neave, On Trial at Nuremberg, 263.
146“oral and incipient overt aggression” Gilbert, Psychology of Dictatorship, 115.
146Göring spun around in the dock Neave, On Trial at Nuremberg, 272.
146“he could not ask for drugs now” Gilbert, Psychology of Dictatorship, 115.
146“was no longer news” Manvell and Fraenkel, Goering, 334.
146“It is against such a
background” Ehrenfreund, Nuremberg Legacy, 73.
147“I should like to state clearly” Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 174
147“I do not regret anything” Ehrenfreund, Nuremberg Legacy, 85.
147so far from a school Lebert and Lebert, My Father’s Keeper, 204–205.
147“I am submitting herewith a great request” Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 161–162.
148He consistently refused to let Emmy or other relatives Neave, On Trial at Nuremberg, 267.
148“Whatever I thought about Göring” Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 162.
148“meant one more chance to pass” Ibid., 174.
148“You’ve grown” Lebert and Lebert, My Father’s Keeper, 205–206.
149“The sentence probably won’t be carried out” Ibid., 206.
149“Death sentences for insane persons” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 36–37.
149“A nice long prison term” Anspacher, “SF Psychiatrist for Doomed Nazi Tells How They’ll Die.”
150“You don’t have to worry about the Hitler legend” Bosch, Judgment on Nuremberg, 61.
150Gerecke, hearing from Göring Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 185.
150Andrus was among the first Ibid., 191.
151“To the Commandant” Ibid., 201.
151As recently as 2005 Ehrenfreund, Nuremberg Legacy, 90–91.
152“He’ll never weaken” “SF Doctor Predicts How 11 Nazis Will Die.”
152“demonstrates how ingeniously clever” “S.F. Psychiatrist Is Amazed at Goering Suicide.”
152“Göring, however, went a step further” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 76.
153“showed some courage at the very end” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 113.
153would “hang happy” “S.F. Psychiatrist Is Amazed at Goering Suicide.”
153“a macabre request” Andrus, I Was the Nuremberg Jailer, 168.
CHAPTER 8: THE NAZI MIND
155“We don’t know about war crimes” Bosch, Judgment on Nuremberg, 203.
155“We have high hopes” Ibid., 218.
156“was anxious to forget the war years” Alice Kelley to Selzer.
156“a number of people urged him” Alice Kelley to Mandel, September 1, 1985.
156books that their Nazi authors had signed Ibid.
157“behind big desks” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 238–239.
158“because we look with disgust and hatred” Kelley, “Nuremberg Trial.”
158“Insanity is no explanation” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 4.
158“It is an established scientific fact” Ibid., 6–7.
159“They all worked for incredibly long hours” Schurr, “Gods Come Down.”
159“Hitler had a profound conviction” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 211.
159“Hitler was just as normal” Ibid., 212.
159Cambridge professor Joseph MacCurdy “WWII Adolf Hitler Profile Suggests ‘Messiah Complex’.”
160“no more than a nervous bellyache” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 201.
160Kelley had learned Ibid., 217.
160One of Hitler’s doctors, Karl Brandt Ibid., 218.
160Hitler’s fear of death Ibid., 215.
161Another factor in the attraction of death Ibid., 202, 205.
161“With the exception of Dr. Ley” Zillmer et al., Quest for the Nazi Personality, 80.
161“were not special types” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 238.
162“They are people who exist in every country” Kelley, “Nuremberg Trial.”
163“there is little in America today” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 238.
163American politicians, like white supremacists Ibid., 242–243.
163“our thoughts and our education” Ibid., 13.
164“Americans are only [now] getting it ground in” Kelley, “Nuremberg Trial.”
164To combat this threat Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 245.
164While professing faith in America’s traditions Brunner, “‘Oh Those Crazy Cards Again’.”
164Lecturing around the state Lecturing Contracts 1946.
165He ended up signing a contract Greenberg to Kelley.
165“was offered an instructorship” Fabing to Byron.
166Visitors entered the fifty-acre estate Forsyth County Historic Resources, “Graylyn.”
166Doctors could even experiment with lobotomy Davis, “Civilization Now Offers Hope to Victims.”
167“A neurotic person invariably thinks” Summers, “Graylyn Ready for Treatment.”
167“will fight through the effects” McIlwain, “Liquor Can Curb Its Own Problems.”
168“We actually will retrain” Summers, “Graylyn Ready for Treatment.”
170“wouldn’t act so nutty” “Semantics Held Key to Clarity in Thought.”
170He traveled through the Carolinas Lecture Contracts 1947.
170“The average emotional age level” Anspacher, “Nuernberg Psychiatrist Fears Nazism in U.S.”
171“are not very bright” Rogers, “Faster Mental Cures Found.”
171“myth that psychiatrists are always trying to interpret” “Mental Health Held Serious U.S. Problem.”
171He replied that he did not know for certain Alice Kelley to Mandel, September 1, 1985.
171all politicians and statesmen would undergo psychological scrutiny “Politicians Should Get Mental Exams.”
171“The main thing to do” Blank, “Nuremberg Psychiatrist Has Test for Nazis.”
172“was in no way sympathetic” Alice Kelley to Mandel, September 1, 1985.
172Gilbert’s book steered clear of directly referencing Brunner, “‘Oh Those Crazy Cards Again’.”
173Gilbert explained Göring’s loyalty Koehli, “Ponerology 101.”
173Göring’s suicide, Gilbert maintained Brunner, “‘Oh Those Crazy Cards Again’.”
174In March 1947, he spent four days “Dr. Kelley Broadcasts in New York.”
175“Nobody will anymore be interested” Loosli-Usteri to Kelley.
177Kelley accepted consulting work Holstrom to Kelley.
177“If he is competent to determine” “Cherry Answers Kelley Comment.”
177“Take a whiff” McEwen, “Somnoform Promises Magic Aid.”
178“After a few whiffs” Barton, “How Drug Released Inhibitions Told.”
178The drugs, Kelley and other proponents maintained Ibid.
179“seriously considering the offer” “Head of Graylyn Offered University Post.”
179“It would be an exclusive teaching and research position” Ibid.
179He had supervised the care “Dr. Kelley Resigns Post on Medical School Faculty.”
17922 Cells in Nuremberg had gone out of print Greenberg to Kelley.
CHAPTER 9: CYANIDE
181a princely annual salary Malloy to Kelley.
181“Do you accept armchair detectives” Abramson to Kelley.
181Kelley taught courses Wilson to Kelley.
182“All the students come to class” Hansen, Professor Uses Tricker in Class.”
183“contained nobody but us chickens” Fabing to Byron.
183A former chemist with the Manhattan Project Farrell, Shallow Grave in Trinity County, 107.
184“About one-third to one-half of the policemen” Kelley and Hansen, “Dumb Cops Are Dangerous.”
186“The Rorschach method has come fast” Kelley, “Clinical Reality and Projective Technique.”
186“I’m hunting a drug” “U.C. Man Develops New ‘Truth Serum’ Method.”
187“Do you collect coins?” Walker, A Trail of Corn, 155.
187“Hermann Göring and Burton Abbott were the most self-centered” Farrell, Shallow Grave in Trinity County, 83.
187Abbott grew to dislike and fear Walker, A Trail of Corn, 162, 106.
187“He’s all wet” Farrell, Shallow Grave in Trinity County, 177.
188director Nicholas Ray contacted Kelley Rathgeb, Making of Rebel With
out a Cause, 73.
189One nascent show he discussed with friends Fabing to Byron.
190“bring about a better understanding by the public” KQED, “Application for a Grant.”
190“Why shouldn’t all educational programs” Newton, “Criminal Man.”
192“a motherly, maiden female” Kelley, 22 Cells in Nuremberg, 226.
192Schroeder accused Kelley Schroeder to Kelley.
196“swim across the Bay” Randebaugh, “Theories.”
197“a little high as I interpret the ethics” Kelley to Chief Administrator.
204“I am amazed by the number of activities” Terman to Kelley.
205“preparation for a speech or paper ordinarily takes” Kelley to Terman.
205“was feeling the weight of his exceptional workload” Dreher to Alice Kelley.
207dead upon arrival at 4:56 p.m. “UC Criminologist Dr. Douglas Kelley Killed by Poison.”
207“I never did know why” Ryan, “Mysterious Suicide.”
208“Dr. Kelley had once said” “Private Rites Mark Funeral for Dr. Kelley.”
208“as far as anyone knew” “Mystery in UC Suicide Deepens.”
209“if that’s the sort of thing these accusers” Alice Kelley to Mandel, September 1, 1985.
209“nuts!” Mandel to Alice Kelley.
209“I never saw the container” Alice Kelley to Mandel, September 1, 1985.
209“burns painfully” Randebaugh, “Theories.”
210“For almost 30 years we were extremely close” Fitzkee, “Obituary.”
CHAPTER 10: POST MORTEM
213including crystals Alice Kelley, “Inventory of Items for Sale.”
216“schizophrenic and . . . without any access” Walsh, War and the Human Race, 77.
216“was affable and pleasant” Walsh, Memorandum: “Interview with Prisoner #7.”
216“had a latent schizophrenia” Walsh, “Historical Responsibility of the Psychiatrist.”
217“forbidden by the American Military” Walsh, War and the Human Race, 76–77.
217the Soviet Union resisted making changes Neave, On Trial at Nuremberg, 81.
217“From an oblique angle” Dolibois, Pattern of Circles, 176.
217Many psychologists pointed out problems Brunner, “‘Oh Those Crazy Cards Again’,” 234.
218Gustave Gilbert was the early standard-bearer Zillmer et al., Quest for the Nazi Personality, 178, 187.