Hitler's Mind: A Plunge into Madness

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This book is a comprehensive analysis of Hitler written by a psychologist. Going beyond the reliance on a Freudian interpretation of Hitler's personality, Schwaab employes his knowledge of abnormal psychology to penetrate the paranoid world of Hitler and to demonstrate the depth of his mental disturbance. The analysis is framed by a poignant personal reflection on Schwaab's experiences (and those of his father, who was first a follower of Hitler and later one of those who attempted to assassinate him) growing up in Nazi Germany and an afterword in which the meaning of Nazism is placed in the context of contemporary developments in a reunited Germany.

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EDLEFF H. SCHWAAB, is a clinical psychologist who studied in Bonn, Germany, New York, and Boston. He has taught at Harvard University and was the consulting psychologist to the Phillips Exeter Academy. Born in Krefeld, Germany, in 1922, he was brought up during the Nazi years. In 1949, he decided to emigrate to the United States, where he pursued his professional career. He lives with his family in New Hampshire. The special appeal of his book can be found in the unique fusion of a personal perspective of life under the Nazis with the application of his knowledge of abnormal psychology to this new interpretation of Hitler's state of mind.