Stories
- Article
Does mass media pave the way to fascism?
In the aftermath of World War II, psychoanalysts found the psychological roots of authoritarianism closer to home than was comfortable.
- Article
Can our minds be taken hostage?
It’s not unusual for captives to end up feeling strong bonds with their captors. But is it a matter of submission or survival?
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
Catalogue
- Journals
The Prisoner of War : the official journal of the Prisoners of War Department of the Red Cross and St. John War Organisation, St. James's Palace, London, S.W.1.
Date: 1942-1945
- Pictures
- Online
"Behind barbed wire : a photographic record of life in enemy prison camps". Printed booklet, 1942.
Knowles, Christine, active approximately 1942.Date: 1942- Books
- Online
A Mosaic of victims : non-Jews persecuted and murdered by the Nazis / edited by Michael Berenbaum.
Date: [1990], ©1990- Books
Captives of war : British prisoners of war in Europe in the Second World War / Clare Makepeace.
Makepeace, ClareDate: 2017- Books
The liberation of the death and concentration camps, Europe, June 1944- May 1945.
Date: [2005], ©2005