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Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler

With Predictions of His Future Behavior and Suggestions for Dealing with Him Now and After Germany's Surrender
Book • 1972
Prepared by psychologist Henry A. Murray for the U.S.

Office of Strategic Services in October 1943, this report provides a detailed psychoanalytic assessment of Adolf Hitler based on published sources.

It includes a condensed review with sections on Hitler's personality analysis, predictions of his future behavior (such as potential suicide), and recommendations for his treatment as well as that of the German populace post-surrender.

The document draws from materials like those by Vernon and notes overlaps with Walter C. Langer's similar report, with claims that Langer borrowed from Murray's work.

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