2 days agoAustrian psychiatrist who had discovered autism was linked to the infamous Nazi program
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The Austrian doctor from whom the name of Asperger syndrome was named has been active in the Nazi regime, participating in the euthanasia programme “Third Reichês”, which had supported the concept of racial hygiene involving unworthy children to live, says a historical study of medicine. Early Czech, from Vienna Medical University [...]
Rejig Czech, from Vienna Medical University, has made a request in an academic document published in Moleular Autism magazine, after eight years of study by pediatricist Hans Asperger.
Asperger has been hailed as a pioneer in the field of psychiatry and pediatry children, especially for his innovative contribution in the sense of Asperger syndrome and the spectrum of autism, reports the “The Guardian”, Contact Periscopi.
But discovering documents previously unscathed by the state, including Asperger's personal documents and his patients' records, Czech has discovered that he was linked to Nazi ideology where his clinic was often visited by children affected by Am SpiegelgRund, referred to as children of “struggle to live”.
Nearly 800 children died in his clinic between 1940-1945, many of whom were killed under the infamous scheme of child euthanasia.
In short, he was responsible for the deprivation of the freedom of many children who were considered incompetent,” said Czech.
Czech also listed several cases when sexually abused children were responsible for their abuses, thus causing antisemitic stereotypes to be part of Asperger's diagnostic reports.
“Asperger refused to acknowledge the persecution of Jews by Nazim; this indifference was seen during and after the war,” he added./Periscopi/
