To save Jews and keep the Nazis away, three hospital doctors in Rome invented a fake infectious disease

Great story about the human spirit!

"... How three doctors at a hospital in Rome shielded a group of Jews from the Nazis in 1943 and 1944 by inventing a fake infectious disease called Syndrome K. The prospect of catching the disease kept the Nazis, who were occupying Rome following the fall of Mussolini, away from the hospital. The Jews there hung on until the Allies liberated the city in June of 1944. ...
Borremeo [one of the non Jewish doctors], who among other things protected the family of one of his Jewish mentors, is recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial authority. ..."

To save Jews and keep the Nazis away, these doctors invented a fake infectious disease - Jewish Telegraphic Agency