Dr Mengele And The Holocaust

Before you know it, you are standing in front of the man with the baton. Which way will he point, left or right. Those were the thoughts of many jews as they came face to face with the famed Dr. Mengele. Dr. Mengele alone killed over 600,000 jews. Other than Hitler initiating the genocide and being responsible for the deaths, Dr. Mengele by far sentenced the most jews to death.

Auschwitz was one of the largest and first concentration camp during WW2 and next to Auschwitz were two other death camps that were named Auschwitz ll and lll. At Auschwitz, there was a total of 8 gas chambers and 4 of them can hold up to 2,000 prisoners (Mostly Jews) at a time. There were 11 million people murdered in the Holocaust and it estimated that 6 million Jews were killed and one in six was killed at Auschwitz.

Born on March 16, 1911, in Gunzburg, Germany was Josef Mengele. He was amongst the eldest son of his father, Karl Mengele, who owned a chain of prosperous farming implements. Josef attended Munich University where he later earns his Ph.D in 1935. After his graduation, he applied to the Institute for Hereditary Biology and Racial Hygiene. When working there, he soon became the assistant of Dr. Otmar Von Vershuer which was very popular for his research on twins.

Who was Dr. Joseph Mengele during the Holocaust? To some, he seemed a Doctor while others only saw death when his name was said. Josef Mengele was born on March 16, 1911, in Germany in Günzburg.

Millions of people lost their lives in the holocaust, a portion of them dying at the hands of corrupt doctors. During the holocaust, over 200 doctors stationed at various concentration camps performed violent, inhumane medical experiments that took hundreds of lives.(United) Experiments were done to further the Nazi beliefs, as well as the performing doctor's own career. For example, experiments benifiting soldiers, and genetic experiments supporting the government's views increased their ranking in Nazi society and allowed the physican special treatment. Similarly, information learned about diseases and medicines could be sold to pharmecutical companies for a profit. (www.auschwitz.org) Consequentally, many of the doctors only cared about

“He cut into me, without anesthetic,...The pain was indescribable. I felt every slice of the knife. Then I saw my kidney pulsating in his hand. I cried like a madman, I cried out the prayer; “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one...And I prayed to die, that I might not suffer this agony any more.” (Hall). This was said by a ‘patient’ of Dr. Josef Mengele, Mr. Yitzhak Ganon. Mr. Ganon was of the survivors of the inhumane experiments that took place in Auschwitz by the hand of the abominable man that is Josef Mengele. Josef Mengele was one of the most infamous men associated with the Holocaust, his cruel experiments on twins, jews, gypsies, and the other being held at Auschwitz made him widely known for his cruelty, warranting him the title of “The Angel of Death".

The holocaust was created because of a man’s twisted dream of a perfect human race. Adolf Hitler wanted a master race of blond-haired and blue-eyed Germans that he dubbed Aryans. In order to make this dream possible, he had to eliminate the people who didn’t fit that bill and somehow increase the population of the people who he saw as strong and perfect. Much of this was centered on medical science and human experimentation by power-hungry doctors. Probably one of the most famous doctors involved in these heinous experiments was named Josef Mengele. In 1935, Josef went to the University of Munich and earned his Ph.D. in physical anthropology. In January 1937, he became the assistant of Dr. Otmar von Verschuer at the Institute for Hereditary Biology and Racial Hygiene in Frankfurt, a scientist well-known for his research in twins.

Those born in Auschwitz were generally killed on the spot, especially if the child was Jewish or of its descent. Though reckless with his harsh dealings, but Joseph Mengele was always careful with his twins. Some survivors even claim and remember Mengele as “a father figure who would give us candy and clothes and tell us to call him Uncle Mengele.” He favored long-drawn out deaths and did not hesitate to experiment with new methods. The psychopath would conduct the most inhumane experiments without any sedatives, such as injections with deadly bacteria, sex change operations, cutting off limbs, and removing organs. He treated his “patients” like animals and ruthlessly did all of this without a single cent of remorse.

Many know the role of a doctor as someone who provides help for others when they are in need, but during the Holocaust one doctor was not known as someone who helped the people in need. Dr. Josef Mengele, who was a research scientist during the Holocaust, conducted many gruesome experiments on twins, kids, men, and women. Dr. Josef Mengele studied anthropology at the University of Munich in 1935, where he also earned his Ph.D. In January, 1937, Dr. Josef Mengele went to study at the Institute for Hereditary Biology and Racial Hygiene in Frankfurt. At the institute, Dr. Josef Mengele became the assistant of Dr. Otmar von Verschuer, who was known for his research on twins. In the same year of 1937 Dr. Josef Mengele joined the Nazi party. The

The experiments that mengele performed were horrifying. Even if they were not as famous as the main experiments he did they still were brutal. Experiments involved injections of lethal germs like chloroform causing instant death, sex change operations, human bodies sewn to another human body to create siamese twins, removal of organs and limbs, and blood

Josef Mengele tortured and killed many prisoners who stayed at Auschwitz in the worst, and most inhumanly ways possible. Dr Mengele was known for conducting amputations on prisoners (“Rantings of a Nazi Monster 1”). Other surgeries and experiments that Dr. Mengele conducted included radiation, electricity, and other evil methods (“Josef Mengele 3”). He didn’t just perform experiments on adults, he also did it to children. Supposedly, in only one night, Josef used injections and killed fourteen innocent children(“Josef Mengele 3”).

Josef Mengele was born on March 16, 1911, and was born in Gunzburg, Germany. He had a loving father named Karl Mengel and a mother Walburga Mengele, as well as two brothers Karl jr. Mengele and Alois Mengele. As a kid he grew up fine like any normal kid. He was somewhat popular in his town and very intelligent. Later in life he attended Frankfurt University and majored in philosophy. There he met his mentor Dr. Otmar Von Verschuer who had a high interest in twins. This is when he married his wife Irene Schoenbein in 1939. During the war Germany had a draft and Josef happened to one of the men. While in war he was wounded and was not allowed to be in the military so he was sent home. Instead of doing nothing he worked at Kaiser Wilhelm institute for Anthropology which happened to be directed by Verschuer. With Josef still being apart of the SS army he was promoted to captain and was transferred to Auschwitz.

The life story of Josef Mengele is one that is filled many twists and turns that play out like a suspense story with an ending that does not seem to fit what one would expect. The authors of the book Mengele: The Complete Story, Gerald L. Posner and John Ware, wrote this book largely with information taken from diaries and letters of Mengele’s, and interviews with those who knew him. It is a look into the life and times of a man whose nickname was “The Angel of Death.'; Josef’s life and post-mortem fate could be divided into three different chapters. His pre-war life and life during World War II was one of privilege and freedom to satisfy his perverse desire to perform bizarre and mostly useless medical

Josef Mengele was an awful man, he dehumanized his prisoners, and he carried out agonizing and evil experiments. To begin, many non-Aryan people in Nazi Germany were considered undesirable. Sadly, the people that were considered worthless were sent to camps, where those with abnormalities were experimented on. Josef Mengele was a evil man, and with his new wide variety group of test subjects he could do anything he wanted to the people in the concentration camps. Josef Mengele was given the full go ahead to kill or maim the camp prisoners, he would perform a wide variety of painful tests on his subjects.

In 1911, Karl and Walburga delivered a baby boy, Josef Mengele, in Gunzburg, Germany. While studying medicine and anthropology, he developed an interest in genetics. His experimental ideas sprouted from these interests. Mengele made his presence known at the camps he