How many cures for cancer did the world lose in the Holocaust?

May 24, 2026 | Headlines |

“Sixty-two Jews have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, representing 26 percent of the total. Fifty-six Jews have won the Nobel Prize in physics, representing 24 percent of the total. Yet Jews constitute far less than 2 percent of the world’s population.”

After surveying the amazing contributions of Jews, the ad then asks a heartbreaking and provocative question: Had those millions lost in the Holocaust been spared, how many cures for cancer would have been found and diseases eradicated? 

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