Abstract

In her recent paper ‘Non-complicit: Revisiting Hans Asperger’s Career in Nazi-era Vienna,’ Dean Falk claims to refute what she calls ‘allegations’ about Hans Asperger’s role during National Socialism documented in my 2018 paper ‘Hans Asperger, National Socialism, and “race hygiene” in Nazi-era Vienna’ and Edith Sheffer’s book ‘Asperger’s Children.’ Falk’s paper, which relies heavily on online translation software, does not contain a single relevant piece of new evidence, but abounds with mistranslations, misrepresentations of the content of sources, and basic factual errors, and omits everything that does not support the author’s agenda of defending Hans Asperger’s record. The paper should never have passed peer review and, in view of the academic credibility of all parties concerned, it should be retracted.

Details

Title
Response to ‘Non-complicit: Revisiting Hans Asperger’s Career in Nazi-era Vienna’
Author
Czech, Herwig 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Department of Ethics, Collections and History of Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Institute for the History of Medicine and Ethics in Medicine, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany 
Pages
3883-3887
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Sep 2019
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
01623257
e-ISSN
15733432
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04106-w
ProQuest document ID
2239442197
Copyright
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