Meanwhile, four months after Kanner published his paper, Asperger submitted his thesis on Autistischen Psychopathen to his advisor, Franz Hamburger. His superiors had turned their focus of their efforts from the extermination of disabled children to die Endlösung der Judenfrage—the annihilation of the Jews. When Asperger’s thesis finally appeared in print a year later, his clinic lay in ruins.
