IQ tests on Nazi leaders during the Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg Germany (1945-1947)

IQ tests on Nazi leaders during the Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg Germany (1945-1947) …..

During the Nuremberg Trials, the Allied psychologists assigned to evaluate the defendants conducted a series of IQ tests as part of a broader effort to understand their personalities, motives, and mental states. The examiners used the Wechsler Bellevue scale, which was considered more accurate for adults than older testing methods. The results showed that nearly all of the major defendants scored above the average range for the general population. Hjalmar Schacht recorded the highest score at 143, while Hermann Goering scored 138, and Rudolf Hess was estimated at 120 after a period of mental instability that complicated his assessment. The testing did not attempt to measure morality or character. Instead, it offered a narrow measure of mechanical problem solving and verbal reasoning. The examiners noted that intelligence alone provided no insight into why these individuals participated in such destructive policies. Many of the defendants combined intellectual competence with rigid ideology, loyalty to the regime, and a willingness to follow or enforce orders. The results became a reminder that high cognitive ability does not prevent harmful choices and is not a safeguard against participation in violence or abuse of power. The psychologist who administered many of the tests, Gustave Gilbert, later wrote detailed journals about his interviews with defendants. These journals became one of the most important firsthand psychological records of the Nuremberg Trials. © Historical Photos #archaeohistories

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.

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