Josef Mengele - Wikipedia
WebJosef Rudolf Mengele ( [ˈjoːzɛf ˈmɛŋələ] ⓘ; 16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician during World War II. Nicknamed the "Angel of Death" (German: Todesengel ), [1] he performed deadly experiments on prisoners at the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) concentration camp, where he was a member of the ...
Josef Mengele | Holocaust Encyclopedia
WebFeb 15, 2024 · Josef Mengele is one of the most infamous figures of the Holocaust. His service at Auschwitz and the medical experiments he conducted there have made him the most widely recognized perpetrator of the crimes committed at that camp.
Josef Mengele | Biography, Death, Angel of Death, & Facts
WebMar 26, 2024 · Josef Mengele (born March 16, 1911, Günzburg, Germany—died February 7, 1979, Enseada da Bertioga, near São Paulo, Brazil) was a Nazi doctor at Auschwitz extermination camp (1943–45) who selected prisoners for execution in the gas chambers and conducted medical experiments on inmates in pseudoscientific racial studies.
Josef Mengele And His Gruesome Nazi Experiments At Auschwitz
WebApr 17, 2022 · One of the most notorious Nazi doctors of World War II, Josef Mengele performed gruesome medical experiments on thousands of prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Guided by an unwavering belief in the unscientific Nazi racial theory, Mengele justified countless inhumane tests and procedures on Jewish and Romani people.
Josef Mengele, known as the “Angel of Death,” dies - HISTORY
WebNov 5, 2009 · 1979. Josef Mengele, known as the “Angel of Death,” dies. Dr. Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi doctor who performed medical experiments at the Auschwitz death camps, dies of a stroke while...
Josef Mengele - Experiments, Facts & TV Shows - Biography
WebApr 2, 2014 · QUICK FACTS. Name: Josef Mengele. Birth Year: 1911. Birth date: March 16, 1911. Birth City: Günzburg. Birth Country: Germany. Gender: Male. Best Known For: Josef Mengele was a Nazi doctor...
Josef Mengele / Medical experiments / History / Auschwitz …
WebWhile Clauberg and Schumann were busy with experiments designed to develop methods for the biological destruction of people regarded by the Nazis as undesirable, another medical criminal, SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Mengele, M.D., Ph.D., was researching the issues of twins and the physiology and pathology of dwarfism in close cooperation with ...
Josef Mengele - Jewish Virtual Library
WebJosef Mengele, the infamous doctor of Auschwitz, referred to as the “Angel of Death,” selected arriving prisoners on the platform at Auschwitz for the gas chambers or incarceration. He also chose prisoners for medical experiments conducted by him and other camp “ doctors .”
Auschwitz gets a new doctor: “the Angel of Death” - HISTORY
WebOn May 24, 1943, the extermination camp at Auschwitz, Poland, receives a new doctor, 32-year-old Josef Mengele, a man who will earn the nickname “the Angel of Death.” Born March 16, 1911, in...
Josef Mengele - The Holocaust
WebJosef Mengele (1911-1979) was a German Schutzstaffle (SS) officer and physician at Auschwitz. He was notorious for the selection of those fit to work and those to be murdered in the gas chambers, and also, for carrying out human experiments on camp inmates, especially twins.
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