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“One reason that I embarked on a study of Nazi doctors was that in this personal journey, I had the feeling increasingly that I did want to do a Holocaust study and that increasingly I wanted it to be of perpetrators, which I thought was more needed.”

Quote by Robert Jay Lifton

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Robert Jay Lifton

Robert Jay Lifton is an American psychiatrist renowned for his research on psychological trauma, memory, and identity. His studies on concentration camp survivors after World War II led to the concept of psychological trauma and had a profound impact on psychotherapy and mental health. more

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