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Nazis are stupid, and I Have the Proof: Syndrome K

Do you love a good story about smart people being victorious over the stupid, like I do? Don’t miss this little-known WW2 ANTIFA win against the Holocaust.

Libby Winkler
4 min readSep 19, 2023
Photo by Önder Örtel on Unsplash

Don't we all enjoy a good story where the good guys manage to fool the bad guys?

I have the best story you’ve ever heard about how education and science won.

Syndrome K is the true story of a highly contagious and, more importantly, highly fictitious disease created during the Holocaust to hide Jews in a Vatican-affiliated hospital.

Syndrome K is a fictional term that has been mistakenly associated with a specific medical condition during World War II. The term “Syndrome K” does not refer to a genuine medical disorder but rather to a creative invention that was used to deceive the Nazis.

During the Nazi occupation of Italy, specifically in Rome, a group of doctors and medical professionals devised a ruse to protect Jewish people from persecution and deportation to concentration camps. They created a fictitious disease called “Syndrome K” and used it as a cover to hide Jews in hospitals.

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Libby Winkler
Libby Winkler

Written by Libby Winkler

Freelance writer who loves exploring the messiness of humanity, while poking around in nooks of life and shining light on all the things that make us complex..

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