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Dr Mengele Research Paper

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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. Dr. Mengele was by far the most feared SS Officer in the death camp of Auschwitz. His fellow Officers and inmates even gave him the nickname of the “The Angel of death”. As soon as Jews from all parts of Europe arrived at the platform, the first selection began. Men to the left, women and children to the right, and as they “arrived at the platform, they shouted for women …show more content…

Elie never saw his mother and sister again (Wiesel 32). Dr. Mengele was almost always in charge of these selections. He preferred to have one every two weeks. Jews were immediately ordered to “[continue] walking until [they] came to a crossroads. There, standing in the middle of it, though [they] didn't know it then, was Dr. Mengele, the notorious Dr. Mengele” (Wiesel 34). Selection involved looking at a jews physical stature and taking note of their age and profession. If a Jew was a craftsman, he often lived a better life than the others. However if a jew was old and frail, he was sent to the gas chamber. For many of the Jews, when they first arrived at Auschwitz, they had no idea what was going on. Many arrived and were “told to line up and be evaluated” (wiesel 31). However, many veteran prisoners would tell newcomers just what to say and do to survive. When lined up, “a kapo told my father and I to say we were 16 and 38” (wiesel 31). At this first and confusing selection, although they didnt know it, it was the last time families saw each other. For the most part, men and teens were sentenced to work while women, children,

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