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   Is Syndrome K a real disease?

   • Although highly feared, Syndrome K was actually nothing to worry about, as it was not a real disease at all. As Quartz explains, the illness was the brainchild of doctors Vittorio Sacerdoti, Giovanni Borromeo, and Adriano Ossicini, who saw an opportunity to save some of their Jewish neighbors and took it.

   Syndrome K: The Fake Disease That Saved Jews From The Nazis

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   Is Syndrome K a 'highly contagious 'Jew'?

   • It was Syndrome K, meaning ‘I am admitting a Jew.’” Taken to a separate wing in the hospital, patients labeled with the “highly contagious” Syndrome K were easily identifiable to Italian doctors and hospital staff as Jewish refugees.

   Syndrome K — The 'Disease' that Saved Lives During WWII - HistoryNet

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   What is 'Il Morbo di K' syndrome?

   • They decided that any Jew who came to the hospital seeking refuge would be admitted as a new patient and declared to be suffering from a highly contagious and deadly disease known as ‘Il Morbo di K’, aka Syndrome K or ‘K’ Syndrome. Of course, this disease was not to be found in any medical textbook, as it was entirely fictitious.

   Syndrome K: the fake WW2 disease that saved Jews from the Nazis

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   Why was Syndrome K called Syndrome K?

   • The name Syndrome K not only alerted hospital staff that the “patients” were actually Jewish refugees in good health but also served as a jab to their oppressors, specifically, Albert Kesselring and Herbert Kappler. Kesselring was a Nazi defensive strategist and the commander responsible for the Italian occupation, while Kappler was an SS colonel.

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3. www.historytoday.com › history-matters › k-syndromeK Syndrome, the Disease that Saved | History Today

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   Mar 3, 2019 · K Syndrome was an invented illness created by a Catholic hospital to protect Jews and anti-fascists from the Nazis during World War II. Learn how this hoax was devised, how it worked and who were the heroes behind it.

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   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.

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5. www.history.co.uk › article › syndrome-k-the-fake-wwHow a fake disease saved Italian Jews from the Nazis

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   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.

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   Jul 6, 2021 · Two Italian doctors invented Syndrome K, a fictitious illness, to protect Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution in Rome. They made coughing sounds to scare off the Germans and saved at least 20 lives.

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8. allthatsinteresting.com › syndrome-kSyndrome K: The Fake Disease That Saved Jews From The Nazis

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   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.

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9. qz.com › 724169Syndrome K: The WWII-era "disease" that saved Jewish ... - Quartz

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   Jul 8, 2016 · An Italian doctor explains “Syndrome K,” the fake disease he invented to save Jews from the Nazis. “K” for German commander Kesselring, then overseeing the occupation of Rome. Image: AP. By....

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    Aug 12, 2022 · A documentary film reveals how three doctors at a Rome hospital invented a fictitious infectious disease called Syndrome K to protect Jews from the Nazis in 1943 and 1944. The film features interviews with survivors, the Jewish doctor who led the scheme, and the late actor Ray Liotta.