In 1943, the Italian government surrendered to the Allied forces. The Germans, not wanting to cede such a larger part of Europe to the Allies, quickly occupied northern and central Italy.

However, as the Germans occupied Rome there occurred an outbreak of what was known as Syndrome K.

Caes of Syndrome K in one Rome hospital was so great, that even members of the dreaded German Gestapo feared to enter.

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