Epidemics and mortality in the Warsaw ghetto 1939-1942
TitleEpidemics and mortality in the Warsaw ghetto 1939-1942
Author
Call numberS305.8924/001
Object number00191m
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherYiddish Scientific Institute
Year of publication
1950
Dimensionspp82-122
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'YIVO Annual of Jewish Social Science' Vol. VIII pp82-122
Description
Discusses the use of bacteria by the Nazis to cause epidemics in ghettos. Includes Nazi measures to aggravate the epidemics once they had broken out. Discusses ghetto living conditions, especially sanitary conditions, as a method of extermination used by the Nazis.