Jewish scientists defied Nazis to study forced starvation

+ cremation is in vogue US Edition - Today's top story: Warsaw Ghetto's defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies in a book recently rediscovered on a library shelf [View in browser]( US Edition | 22 July 2022 [The Conversation]( Jews confined to the infamous Warsaw Ghetto during World War II were intentionally starved by the Nazis. Jewish doctors could do little to alleviate the suffering of their neighbors and patients. But a group of scientists and doctors decided there was one thing they could do: [defy the Nazi prohibition on research to document how the human body responded to starvation](. Tufts University nutrition scholars Merry Fitzpatrick and Irwin Rosenberg stumbled on a French version of the doctors’ book, hiding in plain sight on a library shelf, almost 80 years later. They were impressed by the data the researchers were able to clandestinely record. These insights are unique, they write, because it is “unthinkable and unethical to starve people to learn how the human body adjusts and changes during the end stages of extreme starvation.” Even more powerful for Fitzpatrick and Rosenberg, though, was the determination of the Warsaw doctors to use their situation to potentially benefit future generations – and hopefully prevent similar atrocities. Also today: - [Biden tests positive for COVID-19 – here’s the treatment plan]( - [Trump can’t be charged with dereliction of duty]( - [How to safely navigate medication abortion]( Maggie Villiger Senior Science + Technology Editor The book includes haunting photos from inside the ghetto, along with its record of the medical effects of starvation. 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