Settling the Hitler Debate

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Can I have evidence for and against Adolf Hitler having undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome? He had terrible relations with woman, poor social skills, and intense fixations that led to mass murder. I know he's not someone we'd normally like to be associated with but the fact remains, Asperger's wasn't what set him off the edge, whether he had it or not, he had much, much worse things going on than mild Asperger's. I have the "disorder", but I think people need to understand that Hans Asperger, had many of the symptoms, especially growing up, that he later diagnosed...and also the unusually good treatment [i.e. not being gassed due to Eugenics experiments] of "Little Professor Syndrome" in Nazi Germany, was it possible that Hitler saw many of the signs of Asperger's in himself? Interesting theory, also this is what Hans Asperger said of his "Professors".

I'm not holding any secret Adolf aspie evidence archives. Unless someone is, all we will see here is conjecture.

Moving to PPR

Hitler had the gift of speech, he drove a whole country to doom only through social skills. He would fit the sociopath profile a lot more. Not like it really matters at all to diagnose dead people.

I do not think we will be "settling the Hitler debate" in this thread. I don't know how one would go about settling such a debate anyway.

I doubt Hitler had AS. He was a dynamic and social man, though very eccentric. I don't personally feel he was necessarily sociopathic. He definitely had issues of megalomania, and delusions of grandeur. In many ways, he was the epitome of the common man, which is what led so many to be drawn to him. I think he genuinely believed in what he was doing, despite how clear it is to us (who aren't neo-Nazis or ret*d, though both are basically one and the same) that what he stood for was essentially evil. Another thing worth noting is his personal physician supposedly was giving him amphetamine shots as some kind of supplement, which is bound to make a person unstable (better known on the streets as 'SPEED')
For some reason I cringe inside when I see these 'Did x have Aspergers syndrome?' style threads. Personally I find it irrelevant, and considering the person in question is dead...
And since when is there a debate about Hitler having AS?

Hitler had a Cluster B personality disorder (i.e. a narcissistic personality disorder).

Failed artist. But great design sense.
Gifted and cunning orator.
Intense fascination with the occult.
Not personally popular with his closest officers - weddings and family affairs had become party functions. Senior officers conducted weddings and such, in pagan fashion. This was by Hitler's decree but he rarely attended such things himself...

sorry no idea if he had it or not tho
I can proved info about a local legend about Hitler linking him to Liverpool that might help.
Its been noted that he had family in the city.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_leg ... ndex.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/ ... ture.shtml

looking at his family ties might shed some light.

Being gifted with public speaking doesn't at all preclude one from having AS.

But then, outside of AS-happy spectrumites,
I've never heard anyone actually suggest that Hitler WAS Autistic.

I think he fits better with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer