Brains win out over brawn
by admin on Jul.14, 2009, under Non-Combatant Heroes
This post features another doctor who really went the extra mile to help his patients. This man really is a hero in every sense of the word.
In war, physical endurance and hardship is the norm. But this man figured out a way to help the people trapped in German war camps, along with his entire hometown, without ever having to pick up a gun.
In a time when innocent people were brutally murdered only for their nationality and religion, one soldier stands out among the rest.
He defied the Germans, repeatedly risking his life to save the lives of thousands. Dr. Eugene Lazowski is considered a hero to many, but for him, saving others was his only option—it was simply the right thing to do.
Dr. Lazowski was a soldier and doctor in the Polish Army, Polish Underground Army and Red Cross during World War II. Based on a medical discovery by his friend, Stanislaw Matulewicz, he created a fake epidemic of a dangerous infectious disease, Epidemic Typhus, in the town Rozwadow, as well as surrounding villages.
Brilliant! What better way to keep the Germans from taking over the town? Apparently the Germans were highly susceptible to the disease and avoided the “patients” (along with a community-wide quarantine) as much as humanly possible. What a remarkable man to be able to put such a plan into motion, and to have it succeed!
