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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.

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