Who is Josef Mengele?

Josef Mengele. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Nazi SS doctor who experimented on prisoners at Auschwitz. Josef Mengele ([ˈjoːzɛf ˈmɛŋələ] (listen); 16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician in Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.

What did Josef Mengele do at Auschwitz?

Josef Mengele. Josef Mengele (/ˈmɛŋɡələ/; German: [ˈmɛŋələ]; 16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician in Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. He performed deadly human experiments on prisoners and was a member of the team of doctors who selected victims to be killed in the gas chambers.

What is the Mengele report?

Neal M. Sher, Director Office of Special Inves gations criminal Division Mengele Report Enclosed is a copy of OSI’s report “In the Matter of Josef Mengele.” The report is the cUlmination of our investigation, commenced in 1985, into the whereabouts and postwar activities of this infamous Nazi criminal.

What can we learn from the remains of Josef Mengele?

Mengele’s skeletal remains became a tool to teach students how to study bones and match their physical condition with documented information about the person. It was a strangely antiseptic epilogue to a story whose horror defies description.

What did Josef Mengele do to cure the Romani?

When an outbreak of noma (a gangrenous bacterial disease of the mouth and face) struck the Romani camp in 1943, Mengele initiated a study to determine the cause of the disease and develop a treatment. He enlisted the aid of prisoner Dr. Berthold Epstein, a Jewish pediatrician and professor at Prague University.

How did Josef Mengele get a West German passport?

After obtaining a copy of his birth certificate through the West German embassy in 1956, Mengele was issued with an Argentine foreign residence permit under his real name. He used this document to obtain a West German passport, using his real name and embarked on a trip to Europe.