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Asperger's children : the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna  Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

Asperger's children : the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna / Edith Sheffer.

Sheffer, Edith, (author.).

Summary:

"Hans Asperger, the pioneer of autism and Asperger syndrome in Nazi Vienna, has been celebrated for his compassionate defense of children with disabilities. But in this groundbreaking book, prize-winning historian Edith Sheffer exposes that Asperger was not only involved in the racial policies of Hitler's Third Reich, he was complicit in the murder of children"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1683249461
  • ISBN: 9781683249467
  • Physical Description: 511 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Center point large print edition.
  • Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Enter the experts -- The clinic's diagnosis -- Nazi psychiatry and social spirit -- Indexing lives -- Fatal theories -- Asperger and the killing system -- Girls and boys -- The daily life of death -- In service to the Volk -- Reckoning.
Subject: Asperger, Hans.
Asperger's syndrome > History.
Child psychiatry > History.
Child abuse > History.
War crimes > History.
National socialism > History.
World War, 1939-1945.
Austria.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Scenic Regional.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Doniphan-Ripley County Library LP 618.92 SHEFF (Text) 38421100711278 Large Print Non-Fiction Available -
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly 618.92 LP SHEFFER (Text) 2004223685 Non-Fiction Shelves Available -
Nevada Public Library LP 618.92 SHE (Text) 32770114641087 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Trails Regional-Lexington LT 618.92 She (Text) 220478687+ Large Type Non-Fiction Available -
Wright County Library-Mountain Grove LP 618.92 SHE (Text) 30030000310541 Large Print Available -


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