Was Hitler...an Aspie?

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I got really mad when I found this out but there are several experts on Asperger's Syndrome who claim that he was an Aspie AND a sociopath--not just a sociopath. That might account for his rigid viewpoints, but I thought he was charismatic! I know some Aspies are reported to have strange charismas, but I can't see an Aspie being Cool enough to cause so many people to do such terrible things. The researchers say he was socially awkward, and I remember something about abuse...? Any thoughts?

That couldn't possibly be true. Along with his "undesirables", he persecuted all people with any type of mental or physical disability. So of course, he would not have fit into his own "society".

We just had a very heated discussion about this topic less than a week ago. No, I don't believe he was an Aspie at all...and this will be the last time I hopefully check in here since I don't want to get caught up in a heated debate again.

He had a lot of handlers and helpers who pushed him along. One was a stage magician who taught him techniques in how to grab ahold of an audiance and what gestures showed strength. He also fanaticly collected an Occultic magazine even showing up at their office to buy back issues. You can see in some photos where people are talking to him but he is not making eye contact with the speaker and is looking else where. I believe one general complained of this. He also had major melt downs when things were not going his way. He also had a fondness towards dogs but was cold towards people even the women who showed affection towards him were treated coldly. He was ridged in his dealing with new tactics and technology refusing to use them. They had an anti-aircraft missile that was cheap to build and worked better than their 88mm flak guns but he stopped its construction because he did not like defensive weapons. When he painted he created buildings flawlessly but his people looked strange. The art teacher suggested he study architecture but he would not have any of it never pursuing it. I see a lot of aspie traits but I am no psychologist.

Didn't Dr. Hans Aspergers tell the Nazis that you needed some autistic tendancies for the sake of science and art?

Yeah but look at the Aryan Race he created, he didn't fit into that either

Socially awkward =/= aspie

Look at the guy he put in charge of the SS, Himler was a dark haired anemic looking wimp and he was put incharge of these "supermen".

Not really. He couldn't do perspective at all well.

What the heck is it with all these "Was Hitler an Aspie" threads in here? This subject has been done to death repeatedly every week! Give it a rest people!

This, but I must say



that makes no sense whatsoever.

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What did I just stumble upon? :S

Yes, thank you for speaking up. The "Is [bad person] an aspie?" topic should just be dead and buried, please.

Nothing to see, move along now.

You choose whether you want to be part of a heated debate, you are not forced into it, especially on an online forum!

If the autistic community is going to embrace the posthumous diagnosis of such luminaries as Einstein we must also accept the possibility of the depraved.

That said, I don't believe that Hitler was on the spectrum. While I am not a biographer of Hitler, what i do know of him suggests extreme narcissism and a very strong sense of self. Autistics have been accused of narcissistic behaviors, but the roots of this are connected to misunderstanding of the social structures that surround us. Unlike a true narcissist, an autistic can LEARN their behaviors are sub-optimal and make conscious changes.

Can we please give these threads a rest? A) I hate to break it to you but Hitler's dead. Has been for a long time. B) It's totally impossible to prove one way or the other. C) Hitler invaded Poland more than 70 years ago. It's time to let it go.