Brecht asserts that Alexander Mitscherlich obstructed the attempt to go back and understand the true history of psychoanalysis and minimized the involvement

of German psychoanalysts with the Nazis. She indicates that, despite the role Mitscherlich claimed for himself in the revival of German psychoanalysis, he did not differentiate between psychosomatics and psychoanalysis, never underwent a personal psychoanalytic formation, and analyzed social and historical phenomena rather than undertaking day-to-day psychoanalytic practice. Brecht does acknowledge that in later years Mitscherlich became a legitimate representative of psychoanalysis. In particular, Brecht criticizes the transfer of knowledge of psychic processes of individuals to groups and large groups without making a specific consideration of group dynamics.