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Is the movie 'Nuremberg' about the wrong psychiatrist?

JL;DR SUMMARY The article reflects on the portrayal of Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley in the film 'Nuremberg,' suggesting that the film overlooks the significant contributions of Leon Goldensohn, the Jewish psychiatrist who followed Kelley during the Nuremberg trials. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaustPsychiatryFamily LegacyHermann GoeringNuremberg TrialsDouglas KelleyNazi CriminalsLeon GoldensohnFilm Representation

Places mentioned

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
"Douglas Kelley, the real-life U.S. Army psychiatrist portrayed by Rami Malek in the recently released motion picture Nuremberg, wrote a book titled 22 Cells in Nuremberg that came out in 1947, a year after he finished his five-month stint at the Nuremberg trials."
France
"Leon Goldensohn had been Division Psychiatrist of the 63rd Infantry Division, which fought in France and Germany, and received several decorations for service on the front lines."
Paris, France
"Leon Goldensohn in Paris. Courtesy of the Goldensohn Family"

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