Bibliograph

Asperger's children, the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna, Edith Sheffer

Type

Label

Asperger's children, the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna, Edith Sheffer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Asperger's children

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1005104504

Responsibility statement

Edith Sheffer

Sub title

the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna

Summary

Presents an exploration of the sobering history behind Asperger's Syndrome that reveals child psychiatrist Hans Asperger's influence by Nazi psychiatry and his use of one of the Reich's deadliest killing centers to experiment on disabled children

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1. Enter the experts -- Chapter 2. The clinic's diagnosis -- Chapter 3. Nazi psychiatry & social spirit -- Chapter 4. Indexing lives -- Chapter 5. Fatal theories -- Chapter 6. Asperger & the killing system -- Chapter 7. Girls & boys -- Chapter 8. The daily life of death -- Chapter 9. In service to the volk -- Chapter 10. Reckoning

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