After WW II ended....various Nazi leaders went sent to the Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg Germany (1945-1947).
At some point....some intellectual Americans were gathered up to study the IQ level of these Nazis.
These examiners used the Wechsler Bellevue scale...which considered fairly reliable.
I paused over reading this and the results....this AM.
Generally speaking....85-or-less...is real low, and marginally capable of grasping thing.
Average? 100....typically.
110 or above....very capable of math, engineering tasks, and science.
Most of the Nazi leadership tested? 110-or-above.
Albert Speer....128.
Hans Frank....130.
Goering.....138.
Yeah....from this top level of leadership....mostly a higher level of IQ.
Explanation? Coming out of the late 1800 Prussian education system....they probably were strongly challenged. Goering...curiously, lasted about a year in university...leaving for the Nazi Party apparatus in 1921.
BS test result? Well...you can suggest that....but there's little to prove or disprove....in terms of facts.
I would note here....Charles Manson....the cult-guy....who could not read...was assessed at a 121- IQ in the mid-1950s.
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