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Fig. 1: Street-washing Jew, by Alfred Hrdlicka, 1988 (photo by author).
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Neuspiel, D.R. Pediatricians in Nazi Vienna, Part 1: the victims. Pediatr Res 95, 400–402 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02801-0

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