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IMAJ | volume 24
Journal 7, July 2022
pages: 429-432
Hunger Disease in Southern France Internment Camps during World War II: The Pioneering Studies of Dr. Joseph Weill
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Reuth Medical and Rehabilitation Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
3Department of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Summary
Dr. Joseph Weill was a French Jewish doctor who made significant contributions to the knowledge of hunger disease in the refugee camps in southern France during World War II. He was involved with the clandestine network of escape routes for Jewish children from Nazi-occupied France to Switzerland