The Nazi and the Psychiatrist
Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII
$55.80
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2014
Summary
In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Goring arrived at an American-run detention centre 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.<…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781610394635 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1610394631 |
| Author: | Jack El-Hai |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Imprint: | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Edition: | First Trade Paper ed |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2014 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 138mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
Jack El-Hai
Jack El-Hai is a widely-published journalist who covers history, medicine, and science, and the author of the acclaimed book The Lobotomist. He is the winner of the June Roth Memorial Award for Medical Journalism, as well as fellowships and grants from the McKnight Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, and the Centre for Arts Criticism. He lives in Minneapolis.
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