Stories by Jack El-Hai

Jack El-Hai is the author of The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII (PublicAffairs Books). He previously published The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and his Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness (Wiley). A writer on the history of medicine and science, he teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at Augsburg College. Follow Jack El-Hai on Twitter @Jack_ElHai

Listening to Stories from Nazis

Psychiatrist Douglas Kelley used a new psychological test to draw stories from the top Nazi defendants at Nuremberg, and what he heard changed his life.

September 19, 2013 — Jack El-Hai

Mind

The Nazi and the Psychiatrist

Encounters behind bars between Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering and an American doctor 65 years ago raise questions about responsibility, allegiance and the nature of evil

January 5, 2011 — Jack El-Hai

The Sciences

Strange but True: An Elemental Quest for the Building Blocks of the Universe

Element collectors love the thrill of the chase but tread carefully when necessary

September 30, 2008 — Jack El-Hai