2. Josef Rudolf Mengele- SS-Hauptstrumfuhrer
(Captain)
Physician at Auschwitz, Germany
Convicted of War Crimes and evaded
capture for 34 years until his death
in 1979
Music, Books, Articles Written
"I personally have not killed, injured or caused bodily harm
to anyone."
3. Second highest physician at Nazi
Concentration Camp in Auschwitz,
Germany, determined fate of inmates
Served in World War II for 2 years
after being wounded in Soviet Front
Earned the name “Angel of Death” or “White
Angel” by inmates due to cruel intentions
4. WHO:
- Victims
People of the Jewish Decent
- Suspects
Josef Mengele (Medical Officer)
Berthold Epstein (Jewish Pediatrician)
Eduard Wirths (Chief Medical Officer)
WHAT:
- Josef Mengele performed human experiments on women, children,
and men such as dissections, sterilization, amputations, and shock
treatments to determine if he could make an all “perfect race.”
WHEN:
- May 1943- August 1944
WHERE:
- Auschwitz, Germany
5. Type of Evidence Description
Nuremberg Trials His name was mentioned
several times but Allied
DNA Testing forces knew he was
deceased
Forensic experts tested his
Confirmed sighting in son, Rolf Mengele, in 1992
Paraguay after finding Josef Mengle's
remains and found a match
In 1985 West German
police find address books,
letters, & papers leading
them to Mengele’s grave in
Embu, Brazil
6. After World War II, Josef
Mengele fled to South America
where he fled capture for 34
years and eventually died from
having a stroke while swimming
at his home in the Atlantic Ocean
on February 7, 1979 at the age
of 67 in Bertiogo, Brazil.
7. During sometime
when Mengele fled to
South America, he
still continued his
experiments on
women in Brazil, and
is responsible for the
high birth rate of twins
which consist of
1 in 5 Women give Blonde Hair, Blue
birth to twins Eyed children
