Adelheid Brunner
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Adelheid Brunner is a fictional character from the novel 'The Matchbox Girl' by Alice Jolly, set in 1930s Vienna. Portrayed as a girl with autism who is fascinated by matchboxes, her narrative unfolds in a children's hospital under the scrutiny of Dr. Hans Asperger, as the rise of Nazism transforms the institution into a site of horror.
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We meet our fierce narrator, Adelheid Brunner, when she is brought into a children’s hospital by her grandmother.
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Adelheid Brunner is a girl who draws maps and is obsessed by matchboxes but doesn’t speak, and is placed under the observation of Dr Hans Asperger.
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