Burned Bridge
- 357pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Examines "Burned Bridge," the intersection between two sister cities in East and West Germany, and reveals how the daily adjustments of anxious residents shaped the barrier that divided them.
Edith Sheffer Livres
Edith Sheffer est une éminente chercheuse dont le travail explore les histoires complexes de l'Europe, en particulier la Vienne nazie et l'Allemagne divisée. Sa recherche pénètre dans les coins les plus sombres de l'histoire, examinant la genèse du diagnostic de l'autisme dans le Troisième Reich et révélant des implications surprenantes dans des programmes d'euthanasie. Sheffer remet également en question les récits établis de la Guerre Froide, révélant comment les grands événements historiques ont été façonnés par les actions quotidiennes de gens ordinaires. Son écriture offre des aperçus profonds sur la manière dont le passé a été construit et sur sa résonance durable.
Asperger's Children
- 320pages
- 12 heures de lecture
“An impassioned indictment, one that glows with the heat of a prosecution motivated by an ethical imperative.” ―Lisa Appignanesi, New York Review of Books In the first comprehensive history of the links between autism and Nazism, prize-winning historian Edith Sheffer uncovers how a diagnosis common today emerged from the atrocities of the Third Reich. As the Nazi regime slaughtered millions across Europe during World War Two, it sorted people according to race, religion, behavior, and physical condition. Nazi psychiatrists targeted children with different kinds of minds―especially those thought to lack social skills―claiming the Reich had no place for them. Hans Asperger and his colleagues endeavored to mold certain “autistic” children into productive citizens, while transferring others to Spiegelgrund, one of the Reich’s deadliest child killing centers. In this unflinching history, Sheffer exposes Asperger’s complicity in the murderous policies of the Third Reich. 15 illustrations