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The fantastic laboratory of Dr. Weigl how two brave scientists battled typhus and sabotaged the Nazis

The story of "Jewish prisoner-scientists in Buchenwald who made a vaccine against ... typhus. Their untold secret: they provided the real vaccine to camp inmates but a fake one to German troops at the eastern front"--Dust jacket back.

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Main Author:	Allen, Arthur, 1959-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Weigl, Rudolf, > 1883-1957. Fleck, Ludwik, > 1896-1961. Typhus fever > Poland > History. Scientists > Poland > Biography. World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Poland. Anti-Nazi movement > Poland.
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Summary:	The story of "Jewish prisoner-scientists in Buchenwald who made a vaccine against ... typhus. Their untold secret: they provided the real vaccine to camp inmates but a fake one to German troops at the eastern front"--Dust jacket back.
Physical Description:	viii, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-358) and index.
ISBN:	9780393081015 (hardcover) 039308101X (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Arthur Allen has written for the New York Times Magazine , the Washington Post , The Atlantic , the Associated Press, Science , and Slate . His books include Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver . He lives in Washington, where he writes about health for Politico .