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10%OFFMichael A. Grodin (Ed.) - Jewish Medical Resistance in the Holocaust - 9781785333484 - V9781785333484
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Jewish Medical Resistance in the Holocaust

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Description for Jewish Medical Resistance in the Holocaust Paperback. Based on archival materials and featuring memoirs of Holocaust survivors, this volume offers a rich array of both tragic and inspiring studies of the sanctification of life as practiced by Jewish medical professionals. Editor(s): Grodin, Michael A. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Faced with infectious diseases, starvation, lack of medicines, lack of clean water, and safe sewage, Jewish physicians practiced medicine under severe conditions in the ghettos and concentration camps of the Holocaust. Despite the odds against them, physicians managed to supply public health education, enforce hygiene protocols, inspect buildings and latrines, enact quarantine, and perform triage. Many gave their lives to help fellow prisoners. Based on archival materials and featuring memoirs of Holocaust survivors, this volume offers a rich array of both tragic and inspiring studies of the sanctification of life as practiced by Jewish medical professionals. More than simply a ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785333484
SKU
V9781785333484
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About Michael A. Grodin (Ed.)
Michael A. Grodin, M.D. is Professor of Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights at the Boston University School of Public Health, where he is also Director of the Project on Medicine and the Holocaust, and Senior Faculty at the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies and the Division of Religious and Theological Studies. As a practicing physician, Dr. Grodin has ... Read more

Reviews for Jewish Medical Resistance in the Holocaust
The 20 chapters in this four-part volume are well researched, based extensively on primary sources, and highly readable. This book should be read by anyone interested in understanding more about resistance to the Holocaust and the complex roles that medicine played in defying the genocidal intentions of the 'Final Solution'.
Choice [Grodin] compiled a fascinating series of ... Read more

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