Dr Mengele
The Angel of Death: Dr. Josef Mengele Dr. Josef Mengele: one of the most notorious doctors in history. He is one of the many names that come to mind when discussing the Holocaust. He performed vile, bizarre and inhumane experiments on prisoners within Auschwitz that had no genuine impact on the science community, other that being a personification of the words “unethical” and “malpractice.”
Josef Mengele was born March 16, 1911 in Gunzburg, Germany. His parents were Karl and Walburga Mengele. He was the eldest of three children; his two younger brothers were Karl Mengele Jr and Alois Mengele. In 1935, Josef attended University of Munich, where he earned his PhD in Physical Anthropology. Two year later, he began assisting Dr. Otmar Von Verschuer …show more content…
Eduard Wirths. In November, Dr. Mengele was promoted to Chief Camp Physician of Auschwitz II (Birkenau), still under the supervision of Dr. Wirths. Dr. Josef Mengele was also closely related to the section process at Auschwitz. This process consisted of analyzing new prisoners at the time of their arrival and determining who lives, either to work or be experimented upon, and who is sent to the gas chambers to die (USHMM).
Dr. Josef Mengele is well known today for performing cruel, loathsome experiments that often served no true purpose outside of his entertainment. Some of his most infamous experiments involve twins. He often took data of twins, before injecting them with chloroform and dissecting them for research (Remember). Though his interest with twins was mainly an attempt to understand how to genetically engineer twins—allowing for the Third Reich to expand more rapidly—his experiments did not stop there …show more content…
Unfortunately, Mengele was able to escape the trial: “Mengele found himself in US custody. Unaware that Mengele's name already stood on a list of wanted war criminals, however, US officials quickly released him (USHMM).” He then worked in Bavaria as a farmer under false Bavaria paperwork, and soon afterwards Mengele fled to Argentina. In 1960, alarmed by the capture of Adolf Eichmann—another Nazi who fled to Argentina—Mengele moved to Brazil. He died February 7, 1979 while swimming on vacation: he had a stroke and drowned
Josef Mengele was born March 16, 1911 in Gunzburg, Germany. His parents were Karl and Walburga Mengele. He was the eldest of three children; his two younger brothers were Karl Mengele Jr and Alois Mengele. In 1935, Josef attended University of Munich, where he earned his PhD in Physical Anthropology. Two year later, he began assisting Dr. Otmar Von Verschuer …show more content…
Eduard Wirths. In November, Dr. Mengele was promoted to Chief Camp Physician of Auschwitz II (Birkenau), still under the supervision of Dr. Wirths. Dr. Josef Mengele was also closely related to the section process at Auschwitz. This process consisted of analyzing new prisoners at the time of their arrival and determining who lives, either to work or be experimented upon, and who is sent to the gas chambers to die (USHMM).
Dr. Josef Mengele is well known today for performing cruel, loathsome experiments that often served no true purpose outside of his entertainment. Some of his most infamous experiments involve twins. He often took data of twins, before injecting them with chloroform and dissecting them for research (Remember). Though his interest with twins was mainly an attempt to understand how to genetically engineer twins—allowing for the Third Reich to expand more rapidly—his experiments did not stop there …show more content…
Unfortunately, Mengele was able to escape the trial: “Mengele found himself in US custody. Unaware that Mengele's name already stood on a list of wanted war criminals, however, US officials quickly released him (USHMM).” He then worked in Bavaria as a farmer under false Bavaria paperwork, and soon afterwards Mengele fled to Argentina. In 1960, alarmed by the capture of Adolf Eichmann—another Nazi who fled to Argentina—Mengele moved to Brazil. He died February 7, 1979 while swimming on vacation: he had a stroke and drowned