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Robert J. Lifton
Robert J. Lifton was a professor at City University New York, he wrote his article based off a book about Nazi doctors and interviews were held with Nazi doctors, lawyers, other non-medical professionals, and Auschwitz inmates. Lifton’s article was written in July of 1985. The intended audience is people who are against miss treating others or not prejudice. The article shares both side of Dr. Mengele viewed as a somewhat good person showed as still having some feelings and he was also is viewed as pure evil or monstrous person. While in Auschwitz Dr. Mengele was focused on one particular experiment involving twins, this was a continuation of work done earlier with Verschuer at the University of Frankfurt. He often recorded measurements and

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