Josef Mengele, or The Angel Of Death as he is more commonly known as, was born on March 16, 1911, in Günzburg, Germany, to a rich family. He didn’t have a sad backstory as many people would assume. Instead, as a child, he had good grades, was well-liked, and his father even had a successful business in Germany.
In 1953, he graduated from the University of Munich with a PhD in Physical Anthropology. Two years later, in January 1937, he became the assistant of Dr. Otmar von Verschuer, who had already began to do research on the twin experiments. That same year, Josef joined the Nazi party. By June 1940, he was drafted into the German army and volunteered for the medical service of the Waffen-SS, an armed wing of the Nazi’s SS organization consisting …show more content…
He wanted to get rid of genes that made humans inferior and strongly believed that twins held the answers to achieve in his dream. When working in a lab, he used legal research protocols but at Auschwitz, he had the access to to kill and torture his patients. He would often perform agonizing and lethal procedures on the twins, most of which consisted of children. The twins would be treated well until the experiments came, some even calling Josef “Uncle Mengele”. He would require blood to be drawn to the point of the twins fainting. He would often dissect his patients by removing their limbs and organs without using any sort of anesthetic. With one pair of twins, he conjoined the twins by sewing their backs together and attempted to combine their blood vessels and organs together . The twins, after a few days living in agonizing pain, developed gangrene and died. Some experiments included isolation, reactions to various stimulation, spinal taps, removal of sexual organs, and impregnations between twins.
He was also very interested in heterochromia, or the difference in the coloration of irises. He would murder his patients and collect and harvest their eyes. He would also inject chemicals into their eyes to change their eye color, which only ever ended in infections. He would often send the eyes to Karin Magnussen, a KWI (Karl Winnacker Institut) researcher of eye pigmentation. All these experiments has been summed up to be called “The Twin Experiments” where of the estimated 1500 twins experimented on, only around 200 survived to tell the
In 1953, he graduated from the University of Munich with a PhD in Physical Anthropology. Two years later, in January 1937, he became the assistant of Dr. Otmar von Verschuer, who had already began to do research on the twin experiments. That same year, Josef joined the Nazi party. By June 1940, he was drafted into the German army and volunteered for the medical service of the Waffen-SS, an armed wing of the Nazi’s SS organization consisting …show more content…
He wanted to get rid of genes that made humans inferior and strongly believed that twins held the answers to achieve in his dream. When working in a lab, he used legal research protocols but at Auschwitz, he had the access to to kill and torture his patients. He would often perform agonizing and lethal procedures on the twins, most of which consisted of children. The twins would be treated well until the experiments came, some even calling Josef “Uncle Mengele”. He would require blood to be drawn to the point of the twins fainting. He would often dissect his patients by removing their limbs and organs without using any sort of anesthetic. With one pair of twins, he conjoined the twins by sewing their backs together and attempted to combine their blood vessels and organs together . The twins, after a few days living in agonizing pain, developed gangrene and died. Some experiments included isolation, reactions to various stimulation, spinal taps, removal of sexual organs, and impregnations between twins.
He was also very interested in heterochromia, or the difference in the coloration of irises. He would murder his patients and collect and harvest their eyes. He would also inject chemicals into their eyes to change their eye color, which only ever ended in infections. He would often send the eyes to Karin Magnussen, a KWI (Karl Winnacker Institut) researcher of eye pigmentation. All these experiments has been summed up to be called “The Twin Experiments” where of the estimated 1500 twins experimented on, only around 200 survived to tell the