Dr Josef Mengele By Sarah Bibbey December 2

Dr. Josef Mengele By Sarah Bibbey December 2, 2011 Term 2

His Early Life �His name was Josef Rudolf Mengele �He was born on March 16, 1911 - Died on February 7, 1979 �Josef was the oldest of 3 children. �His family included: his brother Karl Junior, his sister Alois, and his parents Karl and Walburga Mengele.

Later in Life �Married Irene Schönbein on July 28, 1939 �He and Irene had one child named Rolf, who was born March 11, 1941 �In 1949, his wife Irene divorced him �Mengele remarried Martha Mengele who was his younger brother’s widow. �They had no children with each other

His Studies �In 1935, Mengele earned a Ph. D in Anthropology from the University of Munich. � 1937 he became the assistant to Dr. Otmar Freiherr Von Verschuer was known for his research in genetics � Also Mengele studied under Theodor Mollison and Eugen Fischer who were involved in medical experiments on the Herero tribe in South-West Africa

Military Service �In 1937 Mengele joined the Nazi Party �Mengele was drafted into the army in 1940 �Just before he was transferred to Auschwitz, Mengele was promoted to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in April 1943.

Auschwitz May 1943 Mengele replaced another doctor who had fallen ill �Became Chief Medical Officer of the main infirmary camp at Birkenau �Mengele earned the nickname "Angel of Death" for the cruelty he visited upon prisoners �

Human Experimentation �Mengele used Auschwitz as an opportunity to continue his research on heredity, using inmates for human experimentation. �Mengele's experiments also included attempts to change eye color by injecting chemicals into children's eyes �He had a long life fascination with identical twins

After Auschwitz �The SS abandoned the Auschwitz camp on January 27, 1945, and Mengele transferred to Gross Rosen camp in Lower Silesia, again working as camp physician. �The unit hurried west to avoid being captured by the Soviets and were taken as prisoners of war by the Americans. �Mengele, initially registered under his own name, was released in June 1945 with papers giving his name as "Fritz Hollmann".

In South America � In Buenos Aires, Mengele at first worked in construction, but soon came in contact with influential Germans, who allowed him an affluent lifestyle in subsequent years. � Mengele practiced medicine, specializing in illegal abortions, and was briefly detained by police on one occasion for the death of a patient during an abortion. � He was doing well in South America, yet Mengele feared being captured, especially after news of Eichmann's capture and subsequent trial were revealed

Manhunt �Mengele was listed on the Allies' list of war criminals as early as 1944. �His name was mentioned in the Nuremberg trials several times, but Allied forces were convinced that Mengele was dead, which was also claimed by Irene and the family. � Mengele sightings were reported all over the world, but they turned out to be false.

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