What Does the Typhus Vaccine Have to do With the Holocaust?

German troops were dying of typhus, a disease brought about by lice, which terrified the Nazis. [...]the Nazis attempted to create a vaccine, using the Jewish inmates as test subjects.

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Published inUniversity Wire
Main Author Levy, Tamar
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Carlsbad Uloop, Inc 17.09.2015
Subjects
Communicable Diseases
Ghettos
Immunization
Jewish people
Jews
Military Personnel
Nazi era
Physicians
Typhus
Vaccines
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Summary:German troops were dying of typhus, a disease brought about by lice, which terrified the Nazis. [...]the Nazis attempted to create a vaccine, using the Jewish inmates as test subjects.