When the Institute Benito Mussolini opened here, II Duce received Dr. Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner, the former director of the bacteriological institute in the famous Moabit Hospital in Germany. She is a Jewess.
A number of prominent scholars from all countries were invited for the occasion. The Italian press claims the Institute Benito Mussolini is the largest sanitary institution of the world.
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