The Nuremberg interviews : [an American psychiatrist's conversations with the defendants and witnesses

Annotation In 1946, With The Nuremberg Trials Underway, Leon Goldensohn, A U.s. Army Psychiatrist, Was Given The Task Of Interviewing The Two Dozen German Leaders Who Were Under Indictment, As Well As Many Of The Defense And Prosecution Witnesses. The Conversations Were Then Left Largely Unexamined For More Than 50 Years. Now, Robert Gellately-one Of The Premier Historians Of Nazi Germany-has Transcribed, Edited, And Annotated 33 Of The Interviews, And Makes Them Available To The Public For The First Time In This Volume. Here Are Interviews With The Highest Ranking Nazi Officials In The Nuremberg Jails, Including Hans Frank, Hermann Goering, Ernest Kaltenbrunner, And Joachim Von Ribbentrop. Here, Too, Are Interviews With The Lesser-known Officials Who Were, Nonetheless, Essential To The Workings Of The Third Reich. Goldensohn Was A Particularly Astute Interviewer, His Training As A Psychiatrist Leading Him To Probe The Motives, The Rationales, And The Skewing Of Morality That Allowed These Men To Enact An Unfathomable Evil. Often Shockingly Candid, These Interviews Are Deeply Disturbing In Their Illumination Of An Ideology Gone Mad. Each Interview Is Annotated With Biographical Information And Footnotes That Place The Man And His Actions In Their Historical Context. They Are A Profoundly Important Addition To Our Understanding Of The Nazi Mind And Mission. Nuremberg--voices From The Past -- How The Nuremberg Interviews Were Obtained And Preserved -- I: Defendants -- Karl Doenitz -- Hans Frank -- Wilhelm Frick -- Hans Fritzsche -- Walther Funk -- Hermann Goering -- Rudolf Hess -- Alfred Jodl -- Ernst Kaltenbrunner -- Wilhelm Keitel -- Constantin Von Neurath -- Franz Von Papen -- Joachim Von Ribbentrop -- Alfred Rosenberg -- Fritz Sauckel -- Hjalmar Schacht -- Baldur Von Schirach -- Albert Speer -- Julius Streicher -- Ii: Witnesses -- Erich Von Dem Bach-zelewski -- Kurt Daluege -- Sepp Sietrich -- Franz Halder -- Rudolf Hoess -- Albert Kesselring -- Ewald Von Kleist -- Erich Von Manstein -- Erhard Milch -- Rudolf Mildner -- Otto Ohlendorf -- Oswald Pohl -- Walter Schellenberg -- Paul O. Schmidt. Conducted By Leon Goldensohn ; Edited And Introduced By Robert Gellately. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [453]-476) And Index. "The Nuremberg Interviews reveals the chilling innermost thoughts of the former Nazi officials under indictment at the famous postwar trial. The architects of one of history's greatest atrocities speak out about their lives, their careers in the Nazi Party, and their views on the Holocaust. Their reflections are recorded in a set of interviews conducted by a U.S. Army psychiatrist. Dr. Leon Goldensohn was entrusted with monitoring the mental health of the two dozen German leaders charged with carrying out genocide, as well as that of many of the defense and prosecution witnesses. These recorded conversations have gone largely unexamined for more than fifty years." "Now, Robert Gellately - one of the premier historians of Nazi Germany - has transcribed, edited, and annotated the interviews, and makes them available to the public for the first time in this volume. These interviews are deeply disturbing in their illumination of an ideology gone mad." "Each interview is annotated with biographical information that places the man and his actions in their historical context. These interviews are a profoundly important addition to our understanding of the Nazi mind and mission."--BOOK JACKET. During the Nuremberg trials, Dr. Leon Goldensohn -- a psychiatrist for the U.S. Army -- monitored the mental health of two dozen German leaders charged with carrying out genocide. These recorded conversations have gone largely unexamined for more than fifty years, until Robert Gellately -- one of the premier historians of Nazi Germany -- made them available to the public in this remarkable collection. Here are interviews with the likes of Hans Frank, Hermann Goering, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, and Joachim von Ribbentrop -- the highest ranking Nazi officials in the Nuremberg jails. Here too are interviews with lesser-known officials essential to the inner workings of the Third Reich. Candid and often shockingly truthful, The Nuremberg Interviews is a profound addition to our understanding of the Nazi mind and mission. - Publisher. During the Nuremberg trials, Leon Goldensohn—a U.S. Army psychiatrist—monitored the mental health of two dozen Germans leaders charged with carrying out genocide. These recorded conversations went largely unexamined for more than fifty years, until Robert Gellately—one of the premier historians of Nazi Germany—made them available to the public in this remarkable collection. Here are interviews with the likes of Hans Frank, Hermann Goering, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, and Joachim von Ribbentrop—the highest ranking Nazi officials in the Nuremberg jails. Here too are interviews with lesser-known officials essential to the inner workings of the Third Reich. Candid and often shockingly truthful, The Nuremberg Interviews is a profound addition to our understanding of the Nazi mind and mission. History,Holocaust Presents a collection of interviews by a U.S. Army psychiatrist with two dozen prominent German leaders under indictment along with many of the defense and prosecution witnesses.