| | Hans Eysenck was born in Berlin, Germany, to a film star mother and a nightclub entertainer father once voted 'handsomest man on the Baltic coast',<ref>Eysenck, Hans J., ''Rebel With A Cause (an Autobiography)'', London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1990, p. 8- 11</ref> he was brought up by his grandmother who was a fervent Catholic but - although he did not know it until after her death in a concentration camp - of Jewish ancestry.<ref>Eysenck, Hans J., ''Rebel With A Cause (an Autobiography)'', London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1990, p. 80</ref> An initial move to England in the 1930s became permanent due to his opposition to the Nazi party. "My hatred of Hitler and the Nazis, and all they stood for, was so overwhelming that no argument could counter it."<ref>Eysenck, Hans J., (1990). ''Rebel With A Cause (an Autobiography).'' London: W. H. Allen & Co., p. 40.</ref> Eysenck was the founding editor of the journal ''[[Personality and Individual Differences]]'', and authored about 80 books and over 1600 journal articles.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/10/world/hans-j-eysenck-81-a-heretic-in-the-field-of-psychotherapy.html?pagewanted=1 | work=The New York Times | title=Hans J. Eysenck, 81, a Heretic In the Field of Psychotherapy | first=William H. | last=Honan | date=September 10, 1997 | accessdate=May 4, 2010}}</ref> | | Hans Eysenck was born in Berlin, Germany, to a film star mother and a nightclub entertainer father once voted 'handsomest man on the Baltic coast',<ref>Eysenck, Hans J., ''Rebel With A Cause (an Autobiography)'', London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1990, p. 8- 11</ref> he was brought up by his grandmother who was a fervent Catholic but - although he did not know it until after her death in a concentration camp - of Jewish ancestry.<ref>Eysenck, Hans J., ''Rebel With A Cause (an Autobiography)'', London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1990, p. 80</ref> An initial move to England in the 1930s became permanent due to his opposition to the Nazi party. "My hatred of Hitler and the Nazis, and all they stood for, was so overwhelming that no argument could counter it."<ref>Eysenck, Hans J., (1990). ''Rebel With A Cause (an Autobiography).'' London: W. H. Allen & Co., p. 40.</ref> Eysenck was the founding editor of the journal ''[[Personality and Individual Differences]]'', and authored about 80 books and over 1600 journal articles.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/10/world/hans-j-eysenck-81-a-heretic-in-the-field-of-psychotherapy.html?pagewanted=1 | work=The New York Times | title=Hans J. Eysenck, 81, a Heretic In the Field of Psychotherapy | first=William H. | last=Honan | date=September 10, 1997 | accessdate=May 4, 2010}}</ref> |