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avedwards said:True, but the novel is correct as far as that ODESSA did exist and aided war criminals to escape. It's also correct in saying that the West Germany authorities did little to catch war criminals. The rest of course, is fiction.
I think it's highly likely that Hitler had a lot of psychological problems, but I know people with Asperger's syndrome who are a lot more "normal" and less sadistic than Mr Hitler was. Whatever Hitler had was IMHO a lot more than just Asperger's.
All I will say is that novel by definition is an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events. Clearly there may be elements of truth embedded in the story, but it is still fiction.
Asperger's is not a predicate to the monstrous behavior exhibited by Hitler. That information was cited as anecdotal material, at best.