Project Details
2025-05-08 - 2025-06-21 | Research area: History of Biology
The proposed project is to publish a volume titled Letters from the Round Table (Tafelrunde): Private Letters to Hans Asperger Before, During, and After World War II, which will provide previously unpublished correspondence of communications written to Asperger between 1933 and 1949 by members of his inner circle, his boss (Franz Hamburger), and Erwin Jekelius, a physician who later became infamous for facilitating the murders of hundreds of disabled children. The items were obtained from Asperger’s private estate, which is curated by his daughter Dr. Maria Asperger Felder who is a practicing psychiatrist and one of the seven coeditors of the volume. The original correspondence, which is in German, will be provided along with English translations and annotations. Other materials will be included that illuminate the historical background.