Dr Josef Mengele The Angel of Death 3

Dr. Josef Mengele “The Angel of Death”

• • 3. 16. 1911: Born in Bavaria, Germany Intelligent, proper, well -liked in his home town

• • Studied philosophy at Munich University Earned doctorate of Medicine at Frankfurt University

• 1935: Doctoral dissertation was on the racial differences in the structure of the lower jaw

• • 1937: Officially joined the Nazi party 1938: Became a member of the SS

• • 1942: Injured in front lines against Russia Declared “unfit for duty”

• • • Volunteered to work at concentration camps Sent to Auschwitz Became chief physician • Decided “death to the left, life to the right”

Infamous Experiments • Very Obsessed with twins • • • How long would it take to bleed to death? Live dissections Sewed together identical twins to make them conjoined twins • even joined arteries, removed organs

• • • Infamous Experiments Castration without anesthesia Tested endurance of electric shock Tested endurance of hypothermia • How long did it take to freeze to death?

Infamous Experiments • Tested endurance of burns • What temperatures made 1 st, 2 nd, & 3 rd degree burns?

Infamous Experiments • Tested endurance to radiation • Sterilized a group of Polish nuns with X-Ray

Infamous Experiments • • How much pressure did it take to crush a human skull? Injected chemicals to change eye color • Patients were conscious

Infamous Experiments • • • Tested for length of survival without certain organs Experimental sex-change operations Artificially inseminated incestuous impregnation

After Camp Liberation • Fled to Argentina • • Safe haven for Nazi war criminals under Juan Peron Set up farming equipment business

Infamous Experiments • • Moved around to Brazil & Paraguay to avoid being caught 1979: Suffered stroke while swimming in the ocean • Dead before he was brought to shore