The Case of Dr. Carl Gustav Jung: Decoding Declassified Nazi War Crime Documents. (2nd January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moriarty, John J.; Staunton, David; Mc Cabe, Ian
• Is Part Of: Jung journal. Volume 15:Number 1(2021)
• Page Start: 51
• Page End: 80
• Publication Date: 2021-01-02
• Subjects: anti-Semitism -- German Medical Society -- Jung -- Maurice Léon -- Nazi sympathizer -- Wotan; Psychoanalysis and culture -- Periodicals; Jungian psychology -- Periodicals; Jungian psychology; Psychoanalysis and culture; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 150.195405
• DOI: 10.1080/19342039.2021.1862596
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1934-2039

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In 1933, C. G. Jung became president of the "Nazified" General Medical Society of Psychotherapy and editor of its publication, the Zentralblatt für Psychotherapie . As a result of his work with the Germans during this turbulent period, Maurice Léon, who worked for a prestigious New York City Wall Street law firm, accused Jung of being a Nazi auxiliary who should be placed on trial in Nuremberg. Newly released and declassified government documents from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the National Archives in Washington DC and the British Foreign Office (BFO) in the UK National Archives, which highlight Léon's claims for the first time, are presented and analyzed.