Edith Sheffer: 2 books

Burned Bridge

How East and West Germans Made the Iron Curtain

by Edith Sheffer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

The building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 shocked the world. Ever since, the image of this impenetrable barrier between East and West, imposed by communism, has been a central symbol of the Cold War. Based on vast research in untapped archival, oral, and private sources, Burned Bridge reveals the hidden...

Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna

by Edith Sheffer
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018

**Shortlisted for the 2019 Mark Lynton History Prize A groundbreaking exploration of the chilling history behind an increasingly common diagnosis.** Hans Asperger, the pioneer of autism and Asperger syndrome in Nazi Vienna, has been celebrated for his compassionate defense of children...