EPISODE · Apr 4, 2026 · 41 MIN
The Psychiatrist Who Stared Into Minds of Nazis… and Found Something More Terrifying Than Monsters
from DoctorPodcasts || Cykiert Files · host Robert Cykiert, M.D. - Physician creator, writer, producer, director and host.
DoctorPodcasts Episode 135:What if the men who ran the Holocaust weren’t “crazy”? What if they were disturbingly normal? New episode with Jack El-Hai (author of The Nazi and the Psychiatrist — the book that became the hit 2025 film Nuremberg starring Rami Malek as Dr. Douglas Kelley & Russell Crowe as Hermann Göring). We dive deep into: The shocking Rorschach test results on Nazi leaders.Why Kelley called their personalities “more frightening” than finding monsters.Eerie parallels to authoritarianism and strongmen in 2026How this work destroyed Kelley’s own mental health.A chilling, timely conversation every doctor, psychiatrist, historian, and citizen needs to hear.Watch all 135 episodes of the DoctorPodcasts || Cykiert Files video podcast interview show with physicians, scientists, healthcare specialists, entrepreneurs and other experts. Please SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW @DoctorPodcasts. Please LIKE, REPOST/QUOTE and SHARE the episodes. Send questions, comments, suggestions, reviews and messages to @DoctorPodcasts. Thank you. Robert Cykiert, M.D.
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