Josef Mengele was a Nazi doctor who worked at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. He performed deadly experiments on prisoners, focusing on twins, with the goal of advancing Nazi racial ideology. After the war, Mengele fled to South America to avoid prosecution for his crimes and lived in hiding until his death in 1979.
51. Supposedly died on February 7, 1979 after suffering from a stroke while in the Brazilian ocean
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