Josef Mengele
Josef Mengele | |
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.jpg) Mengele was in his 20s and early 30s during the Nazi regime | |
| Died | February 7, 1979 (aged 67) |
| Occupation | medical doctor |
| Known for | conducting cruel and unethical medical experiments on helpless captives in the Nazi death camps |
Josef Mengele was a Nazi doctor who conducted brutal experiments on prisoners in death camps during World War II.[1] His victims were usually Jews or Gypsies. After the war, he escaped to South America.
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Rachel E Gross (2020-05-27). "The Auschwitz doctor who couldn't 'do no harm'". Archived from the original on 2026-05-23. Retrieved 2026-06-17.
She would hide any pregnant women she found and, if necessary, interrupt her pregnancy, or quietly deliver and then kill, the newborn child. It was the only way the women would have even the slightest chance of survival – and someday, she hoped, would have the chance to have a child in freedom.