A Tribute to Robert Lifton

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David Lotto

Abstract

The author participated in Lifton’s Wellfleet meetings and stresses Lifton’s remarkably consistent moral and political stance in his identification with survivors. He provides an extensive list of participants in these meetings and describes the warmth and skill of Lifton as the host. He also references his own presentation.

Keywords:

moral integrity, moral stance, Nazi ideology, Norman Mailer, perpetrators, political stance, psychobiography, psychohistory, Robert Jay Lifton, social activism, victimization, Wellfleet Group, Witness to an Extreme Century

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About the author

David Lotto

David Lotto, PhD, is a veteran psychologist, psychoanalyst, and psychohistorian who is a longtime member of the Psychohistory Forum. He practices psychotherapy in Western Massachusetts, edits The Journal of Psychohistory, and may be reached at .

How to cite this article

Lotto, D. (2026). A tribute to Robert Lifton. Clio’s Psyche, 33(2), 141-145.

https://doi.org/10.70763/7dab099bfda35ad14715763b75487b47