Josef Mengele
Background
Josef Mengele was born on March 1911 in Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany. He grew up with a very wealthy family with strict catholic beliefs. Early on, Mengele did well in school, and graduated high school in 1930 where he moved on to the study of medicine and philosophy at the University of Munich. At the age of 20, Menegele joined the Stahlhelm which was later associated with the Nazi party (a group with antisemitic beliefs led by the infamous, Aldof Hitler). Later, he studied at the University of Frankfurt where he began his interest in physical anthropology and genetics.
World War II
He became known as the ‘Angel of Death’, in charge of vast numbers of fatal, bizarre and brutal medical experiments which killed over 400 000 victims.In 1937, Mengele joined the Nazi party and served as a protection squadron. Later, he volunteered for the medical service in Waffen-SS, which was an armed Nazi group. In the early, 1943 he applied to transfer to the concentration camp service due to his desire to take on genetic research on humans. Later on, his request was accepted and was assigned to the concentration camp, Auschwitz. During his service at the camp, his views shifted more to the Nazi mindset. His job was to do selections, which was a method of keeping the stronger ones, and exterminating the weaker ones, also known as survival of the fittest. During selections, Mengele was interested in finding twins, and usually approached the selections smiling and excited, while other doctors dreaded the harsh acts they had to complete. Josef visited the hospital barracks weekly, and also sent patients who had not recovered in two weeks to the gas chambers to be exiled. He became known as the ‘Angel of Death’, in charge of large numbers of deadly, strange and gruesome medical experiments which killed over 400,000 victims.
Josef Mengele was born on March 1911 in Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany. He grew up with a very wealthy family with strict catholic beliefs. Early on, Mengele did well in school, and graduated high school in 1930 where he moved on to the study of medicine and philosophy at the University of Munich. At the age of 20, Menegele joined the Stahlhelm which was later associated with the Nazi party (a group with antisemitic beliefs led by the infamous, Aldof Hitler). Later, he studied at the University of Frankfurt where he began his interest in physical anthropology and genetics.
World War II
He became known as the ‘Angel of Death’, in charge of vast numbers of fatal, bizarre and brutal medical experiments which killed over 400 000 victims.In 1937, Mengele joined the Nazi party and served as a protection squadron. Later, he volunteered for the medical service in Waffen-SS, which was an armed Nazi group. In the early, 1943 he applied to transfer to the concentration camp service due to his desire to take on genetic research on humans. Later on, his request was accepted and was assigned to the concentration camp, Auschwitz. During his service at the camp, his views shifted more to the Nazi mindset. His job was to do selections, which was a method of keeping the stronger ones, and exterminating the weaker ones, also known as survival of the fittest. During selections, Mengele was interested in finding twins, and usually approached the selections smiling and excited, while other doctors dreaded the harsh acts they had to complete. Josef visited the hospital barracks weekly, and also sent patients who had not recovered in two weeks to the gas chambers to be exiled. He became known as the ‘Angel of Death’, in charge of large numbers of deadly, strange and gruesome medical experiments which killed over 400,000 victims.