1942

From December 1941 until end of 1942, Lustig could grant medical deferrals to Jews too ill to be deported: “Making the Jews believe that seriously ill people would not be transported contributed to the Nazis’ ability to hide the true nature of the deportation and thus prevent Jewish resistance” (Silver, 68). By end of 1942, deportation had robbed Berlin Jewish Hospital of several of its principal remaining doctors, and in March, 1943, it was decided 50% of hospital personnel would be deported together with their families (87, 142, 186-87). Nursing staff, around 70 before deportation, was around 20 at liberation (186-87). After liberation, 24 April 1945, the Hospital again became available to non-Jews (189).