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This week, a disturbing report from Molecular Autism published by an Austrian historian with no affiliation with autism, linked Hans Asperger to a eugenics facility in Germany and labeled him a Nazi sympathizer. This was the first investigative report of the link using primary documents. He had previously been considered a hero from trying to save his patients from the gestapo, and plead for them to be rehabilitated. So which is true? Hero or potential war criminal? Maybe both. This podcast goes through the 43 page article with the message that: if you have Aspergers, you are not necessarily a Nazi. Don’t let anyone tell you that, and if they do, email me at ahalladay@autismsciencefoundation.org