Warsaw Ghetto Hunger Study
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Warsaw Ghetto Hunger Study
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The Warsaw Ghetto Hunger Study was a study taken up by Jewish doctors imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942. The Nazis, intent on starving the ghetto within months, allowed no more than a daily intake of 180 calories per prisoner – less than 10% of the recommended energy intake for a healthy human being – while withholding vaccines and medicine that would be necessary to prevent the spread of disease in the dense ghetto. This resulted in a thriving black market which supplied about 80% of the
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Holocaust-era medical study
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Hunger_Study
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2024-02-24T22:27:41Z
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