Dr. J osef M engele

1. Dr. Josef Mengele By George Kokinda

2. 10 interesting Facts • 1. He was known as the angel of death. • 2. Mengele used Auschwitz as an opportunity to continue his research on heredity, using inmates for human experimentation. • 3. He was particularly interested in doing experiments identical twins

3. 10 Interesting Facts • 4. In 1938, he received his medical degree and joined the SS • 5. Mengele's experiments also included attempts to change eye color by injecting chemicals into children's eyes, various amputations of limbs, and other surgeries. • 6. He moved to South America when WW2 was coming to an end.

4. 10 Interesting facts • 7. Mengele organized Bach concerts, wrote skits, and created a Lilliputian circus for the dwarfs. • 8. He was known as the “health doctor” in Auschwitz. • 9. Repeated requests were made to extradite Mengele to West Germany, where he was wanted for the murder of 2,000 human beings and for rendering assistance in the killing of another 200,000. But by then he was supposedly dead. • 10. He supposedly drowned in 1979 at a Brazilian beach resort and having been buried under an assumed name.