Defended By Disease

About this episode

This episode discusses how disease and disease research were used to protect people during World War 2.

Did you know that disease has been used to help people? In this episode we're going to discuss several cases in which disease, or disease research, was utilized to protect people from great harm. All of these cases occurred during World War 2, and were carried out by physicians doing their best to protect those targeted by The Third Reich, also known as the Nazis.

People in this episode

Host: The Morbid Curiosity Podcast

Topics covered

• disease
• World War 2
• medical ethics
• protection
• historical cases

Keywords

• disease
• World War 2
• Nazis
• medical research
• protection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Third Reich, Nazis

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