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They were a glimmer of light during a dark time that resulted in few happy endings. One incredible story of defiance is lesser-known story of Syndrome K, the fictitious disease invented by Italian doctors that fooled the Nazi’s and saved lives.
Aug 15, 2017 · Called Syndrome K, the disease resulted in zero fatalities, and instead saved dozens of Jewish lives. Although highly feared, Syndrome K was actually nothing to worry about, as it was not a real disease at all.
- All That's Interesting
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.
Mar 29, 2017 · The name Syndrome K came from Dr. Adriano Ossicini, an anti-Fascist physician working at the hospital who knew they needed a way for the staff to differentiate which people were actually...
- Jason Serafino
Mar 7, 2017 · Invented by doctor and anti-fascist activist Adriano Ossicini, “Syndrome K” was a code name meant to protect real patients and healthy people who were in hiding—including Jews, political...
Jul 6, 2021 · A fake cough that managed to save the lives of at least 20 Italian Jews. After the German occupation of Rome in September of 1943, Roman Jews faced deathly persecution — 8,564 Italian Jews were deported to concentration camps during the nearly two-year Nazi occupation.
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Aug 9, 2022 · Co-directed by Greg Hunger, “Syndrome K” begins in the fall of 1943 as the German soldiers invade Italy, rounding up and shipping thousands of Jews off to concentration camps.
