Josef Mengele, known for his strange experiments and obsession with twins. The notorious Dr. Mengele, the one who simply wiped out thousands of lives, with no repentance. His actions are so unbelievably horrible, that it would take everything to forgive him. Dr. Mengele, an intelligent, though a truly evil Nazi Doctor, infamous for his cruel and unusual experiments; Dr. Josef Mengele was the cruelest Nazi Doctor of the Holocaust.
Dr. Josef Mengele was an SS officer and physician in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Josef Mengele was born on March 6, 1911 in Gunzburg, Germany. Mengele was raised in a very wealthy family and was well known in his town. In 1935 he earned a Ph.D as a physician from the University of Munich, …show more content…
Mengele earned rank as chief doctor of the camp. This gave the privilege of Mengele to maim or kill his subjects. During his time in camp he earned the nickname, “The Angel of Death.” This was because of his cruel demeanor, and the way he looked down at you like you were nothing; another reason was because of his charming looks, snappy outfit, and his enjoyment to his terrible duty. Unlike the rest of the SS, Mengele loved selection duty. Trainloads of Jewish people would arrive and if Mengele swung his baton to the right, they lived. To the left, they died. With a quick decision, your life was at stake. Mengele was usually “off-duty” when a new trainload of jewish prisoners arrived, mostly because he was looking for twins. Mengele had become closely interested in “making use of” twins in his research and experiments; both fraternal and identical, to trace genetic diseases. Dr. Mengele had many other research interests such as Heterochromia iridum, when two eyes differ in color. (Throughout his stay in Auschwitz, Mengele would collect the eyes of those he murdered; he was trying to unlock the “key” to changing eye color). He had more interests as well as people with a club foot, dwarfs, giants, and Romas people; yet this, was only only the beginning for Dr. Josef
Dr. Josef Mengele was an SS officer and physician in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Josef Mengele was born on March 6, 1911 in Gunzburg, Germany. Mengele was raised in a very wealthy family and was well known in his town. In 1935 he earned a Ph.D as a physician from the University of Munich, …show more content…
Mengele earned rank as chief doctor of the camp. This gave the privilege of Mengele to maim or kill his subjects. During his time in camp he earned the nickname, “The Angel of Death.” This was because of his cruel demeanor, and the way he looked down at you like you were nothing; another reason was because of his charming looks, snappy outfit, and his enjoyment to his terrible duty. Unlike the rest of the SS, Mengele loved selection duty. Trainloads of Jewish people would arrive and if Mengele swung his baton to the right, they lived. To the left, they died. With a quick decision, your life was at stake. Mengele was usually “off-duty” when a new trainload of jewish prisoners arrived, mostly because he was looking for twins. Mengele had become closely interested in “making use of” twins in his research and experiments; both fraternal and identical, to trace genetic diseases. Dr. Mengele had many other research interests such as Heterochromia iridum, when two eyes differ in color. (Throughout his stay in Auschwitz, Mengele would collect the eyes of those he murdered; he was trying to unlock the “key” to changing eye color). He had more interests as well as people with a club foot, dwarfs, giants, and Romas people; yet this, was only only the beginning for Dr. Josef