[CharlesOConnell]

In a very important book, $4 on Kindle, expert on thought reform/brainwashing Joost Meerloo showed how the trial for the Reichstag Fire was classical thought reform. The accused was too incoherent even to perform arson. The trial transcript shows a sudden coherence of self accusation revealing his thought reform sessions. The Nazis did it. The Rape of the Mind Psychology of Brainwashing
http://www.amazon.com/The-Rape-Mind-Psychology-Brainwashing-ebook/dp/B00TQH84BA

[MarMema]

Thanks.

[GOPJ]

The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing Kindle Edition by Joost Meerloo

The communist party was active in Chicago from the 50's onward... These techniques were known at that time..