Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna

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“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.

• Author: Edith Sheffer
• Publisher: Center Point
• Published: 2018
• ISBN-13: 9781683249467