“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous
are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions,” a
relevant quote by Primo Levi (Primo Levi 1). Primo Levi was an Italian scientist, and a Jewish
Holocaust survivor of Auschwitz. He experienced many hardships of the concentration camps,
and was a witness to the atrocities committed by Holocaust criminals. Franz Stangl, and Ernst
Kaltenbrunner, were sentenced to death in the War Crimes Trial, but Ilse Koch, Gustav Wagner,
and Heinrich Himmler seemed to have escaped justice forever. During the Holocaust, many
infamous war criminals existed, and a mass number of criminals were brought to justice in the
War Crimes …show more content…
Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death, and
Heinrich Himmler were the most infamous ones, as they had a major contribution to the
Holocaust. One of the most feared men during the Holocaust, and especially in concentration
camps, was Josef Mengele. Born on March 16, 1911, Mengele grew up and studied philosophy
and medicine in college. He joined the Nazi party in 1938, and was sent to work at Auschwitz.
Josef was the chief provider for the gas chambers and their crematoria. It was noted that he was
very interested in twins. The doctor once ordered fourteen gypsy twins to be kidnapped at night,
and when they were brought to his dissection table, he put them to sleep, and stabbed them in
their hearts with a chloroform injection, killing them immediately. Then he proceeded to note
each and every piece of the twins ' bodies. His twisted mind was noted when many of the
experimented children reported Mengele as a kind, fatherly figure, who gave them chocolate, but
the older children that were experimented on, realized that it was a deception. Many of
are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions,” a
relevant quote by Primo Levi (Primo Levi 1). Primo Levi was an Italian scientist, and a Jewish
Holocaust survivor of Auschwitz. He experienced many hardships of the concentration camps,
and was a witness to the atrocities committed by Holocaust criminals. Franz Stangl, and Ernst
Kaltenbrunner, were sentenced to death in the War Crimes Trial, but Ilse Koch, Gustav Wagner,
and Heinrich Himmler seemed to have escaped justice forever. During the Holocaust, many
infamous war criminals existed, and a mass number of criminals were brought to justice in the
War Crimes …show more content…
Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death, and
Heinrich Himmler were the most infamous ones, as they had a major contribution to the
Holocaust. One of the most feared men during the Holocaust, and especially in concentration
camps, was Josef Mengele. Born on March 16, 1911, Mengele grew up and studied philosophy
and medicine in college. He joined the Nazi party in 1938, and was sent to work at Auschwitz.
Josef was the chief provider for the gas chambers and their crematoria. It was noted that he was
very interested in twins. The doctor once ordered fourteen gypsy twins to be kidnapped at night,
and when they were brought to his dissection table, he put them to sleep, and stabbed them in
their hearts with a chloroform injection, killing them immediately. Then he proceeded to note
each and every piece of the twins ' bodies. His twisted mind was noted when many of the
experimented children reported Mengele as a kind, fatherly figure, who gave them chocolate, but
the older children that were experimented on, realized that it was a deception. Many of