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Mar 3, 2019 · K Syndrome was an invented illness. It was created by Giovanni Borromeo, the hospital’s head physician, with the assistance of its other doctors, with the intention of saving those Jews and anti-fascists who sought refuge there. Born in 1898, Borromeo was an avowed anti-fascist.
When the Nazi’s came to search the hospital, they were warned about the highly contagious neurological illness, known as Syndrome K, whose symptoms included convulsions and paralysis and could lead to disfiguration and ultimately death. The plan worked and the soldiers dared not enter the building.
Syndrome K" was purported to be a neurological illness whose symptoms included convulsions, dementia, paralysis, and, ultimately, death from asphyxiation.
Mar 29, 2017 · They called it Syndrome K. To pull it off just right, the Nazis had to believe these patients had a lethal disease that could infect anyone who came into contact with them.
Jul 6, 2021 · Syndrome K — The ‘Disease’ that Saved Lives During WWII. Two Italian doctors invent an imaginary disease that helped save thousands of Jews in occupied Nazi territory. by Claire Barrett 7/6/2021. Dr. Giovanni Borromeo helped to come up with the ruse to save the lives of his fellow Italians. (Wiki Commons)
Aug 15, 2017 · From September 1943 to June 1944, Nazi forces occupied the city of Rome. During this time, a mysterious illness broke out, which led many to be quarantined in an isolated wing of the city’s Fatebenefratelli Hospital. Called Syndrome K, the disease resulted in zero fatalities, and instead saved dozens of Jewish lives.
Jul 8, 2016 · Syndrome K: The WWII-era "disease" that saved Jewish lives in Italy. Business News. An Italian doctor explains “Syndrome K,” the fake disease he invented to save Jews from the Nazis. “K”...
Aug 9, 2022 · Working jointly with anti-fascist activist Dr. Adriano Ossicini, Dr. Borromeo and others came up with an ingenious plan to conceal Jews in the hospital by claiming they had “Syndrome K,” a...
Aug 12, 2022 · “Syndrome K,” which hits digital and VOD platforms on Tuesday after some Jewish film festival showings, tells that little-known, surefire story: How three doctors at a hospital in Rome shielded...
Jul 8, 2016 · An Italian doctor explains “Syndrome K,” the fake disease he invented to save Jews from the Nazis. Caitlin Hu. Updated July 8, 2016 at 8:54 PM. "K" for German commander Kesselring, then...
