Josef Mengele: Life and participation in world war II
Starving, neglected, brutalized, and mistreated: these descriptors are just a small number of many that could be used to describe the prisoners made to endure the horrific realities of the Nazi death camps quickly taking over Germany during World War II. The treatment of Prisoners was akin to mice in a lab; they came in infinite supply and due to the scientists and doctors little regard for non-Aryan lives they had zero hope of salvation. During World War II there were numerous vile and cruel circumstances however the incident that may top them all is Josef Mengele’s various medical experiments performed within the walls of Auschwitz.
Born the eldest of three sons to Karl and Walburga Mengele, March 16, 1911, marks the day Josef Mengele came into the world. His father was a well-off businessman who owned and ran a manufacturing company …show more content…
Mengele was in the care of U.S. officials; but, disguised as an infantryman, was released due to the government searching for doctors, not infantry. On his search for a safe haven, Mengele stopped by a couple of standing Nazi death camps and took joy in performing some of his final operations. After his escape, Mengele still advanced his research. Mengele took a job on a European farm under a fake identity until Europe became unsafe for him. Mengele proceeded to invest his father’s money into building a factory with Argentinian partners for his dad. Brought to Argentina by human traffickers in 1949, Mengele began a new life. Israeli agents became the closest to uncovering Mengele, but Mengele’s associates in Argentina fabricated rumors about the agents that forced them to abandon the country. During his time as a fugitive, Mengele had several fake identities but ultimately was buried as “Wolfgang Gerhard” After he suffered a stroke while
Starving, neglected, brutalized, and mistreated: these descriptors are just a small number of many that could be used to describe the prisoners made to endure the horrific realities of the Nazi death camps quickly taking over Germany during World War II. The treatment of Prisoners was akin to mice in a lab; they came in infinite supply and due to the scientists and doctors little regard for non-Aryan lives they had zero hope of salvation. During World War II there were numerous vile and cruel circumstances however the incident that may top them all is Josef Mengele’s various medical experiments performed within the walls of Auschwitz.
Born the eldest of three sons to Karl and Walburga Mengele, March 16, 1911, marks the day Josef Mengele came into the world. His father was a well-off businessman who owned and ran a manufacturing company …show more content…
Mengele was in the care of U.S. officials; but, disguised as an infantryman, was released due to the government searching for doctors, not infantry. On his search for a safe haven, Mengele stopped by a couple of standing Nazi death camps and took joy in performing some of his final operations. After his escape, Mengele still advanced his research. Mengele took a job on a European farm under a fake identity until Europe became unsafe for him. Mengele proceeded to invest his father’s money into building a factory with Argentinian partners for his dad. Brought to Argentina by human traffickers in 1949, Mengele began a new life. Israeli agents became the closest to uncovering Mengele, but Mengele’s associates in Argentina fabricated rumors about the agents that forced them to abandon the country. During his time as a fugitive, Mengele had several fake identities but ultimately was buried as “Wolfgang Gerhard” After he suffered a stroke while