Mengele
Josef Mengele (1911–1979) was a German physician and SS officer who became one of the most infamous figures of the Nazi regime due to his actions at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. He directed or conducted medical procedures and participated in the selection of prisoners for forced labor or execution, earning the nickname Angel of Death in popular discourse.
Mengele was born in Günzburg, Bavaria, and studied medicine and anthropology in Munich and Frankfurt. He joined
At Auschwitz he conducted medical experiments, especially on twins and people with physical abnormalities, and he
After the war, Mengele fled Europe to South America, evading capture for decades by using false identities
Mengele's legacy endures as a symbol of medical complicity in Nazi atrocities and the broader spectrum of