Carl Jung on psychology of fascism in his famous interview “Werden Die Seelen Frieden Finden?” (“Will the souls find peace?”)

This is a well-known but seldom-read interview with Carl Jung on the psychology of fascism and why people are attracted to fascism.

It is called “WILL THE SOULS FIND PEACE?” (“WERDEN DIE SEELEN FRIEDEN FINDEN?”

I am not discussing Jung’s position, just reprinting the full text here. Judge for yourself…

— — Four days after the unconditional surrender of the German Army at Rheims, this interview by Peter Schmid was published in Die Weltwoche Zurich) for May 1945, under the title “Werden die Seelen Frieden finden?” (Will the Souls Find Peace?). The interview probably took place somewhat earlier.
A partial translation was published by the newspaper PM (New
York), May 10, 1945.

Q: Do you not thinк that the end of the war will bring about great changes in the psyche of Europeans, particularly the Germans, who are now awakening as though from a long
and terrible dream?
A: Indeed I do. As to the Germans, we have a psychic problem ahead of us the magnitude of which cannot yet be foreseen, though its outlines can already be discerned in the cases I am treating. For the psychologist one thing is clear, and that is that…