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== Personal Beliefs and Family ==

Asperger married Hanna Kalmon, a woman from rural Westphalia, in 1935.<ref name="Embryo" /> The couple had five children: four daughters and one son, with two of the daughters later pursuing careers in medicine.<ref name="Embryo" /> His family life remained private, with Asperger maintaining a focus on his professional duties in Vienna until his death in 1980.<ref name="Fitzgerald2007" />

Asperger was raised in a conservative Catholic peasant family in Hausbrunn, Austria, and remained a devout and practicing Catholic throughout his life.<ref name="LATimes">Los Angeles Times (2018). "Hans Asperger's complex Nazi history". [https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-aspergers-children-20180615-story.html]</ref><ref name="Czech2018" /> This faith shaped his youth, including membership in the Catholic youth group Bund Neuland, which blended religious piety with Pan-German nationalist elements.<ref name="Czech2018" /> In a 1974 interview, he expressed humanist reservations about the "inhuman" extremes of National Socialism, though his personal worldview aligned with conservative Catholic values emphasizing nature, science, and traditional family structures.<ref name="Czech2018" /><ref name="LATimes" /> Asperger enjoyed outdoor pursuits such as hiking and mountain-climbing, reflecting a personal affinity for the natural world consistent with his rural upbringing.<ref name="LATimes" />