Josef Mengele Research Paper

The horrific experiments of Dr. Mengele demonstrate the cruelty of the Nazi’s during the holocaust. Most of the world today knows of Dr. Mengele of having been the doctor of death for being responsible for killing more than 6 million Jews.

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.

To fully apprehend Josef Mengele one must first understand his life and how certain events may have affected him. Josef Mengele was born in Gunzburg, Germany on March 15, 1911(McKale). He mother was Walburga Mengele and his father was Karl Mengele(“Life”). He was the eldest of three sons; Karl and Alois(“Life”). His father was a local industrialist and wanted him to work in his factory(“Life”). This might of made him upset because he wanted to be a doctor. Josef’s mother forced them to be devout Catholics(“Life”). He would often describe his mother as not capable of loving(“Life”). This might have caused some of his issues in his later life(“Life”). Josef was a good student but had an erratic personality(“Life”)(Posner). His erratic personality often scared prisoners of Auschwitz. He was as well a self-confident kid(“Life”).

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.

When Hitler came to power, things changed in Europe. Adolf spread Concentration camps around Europe. He used a system for the killings. The prisoners could get shot to death, buried alive, sent to crematorium, or sent to the gas chambers. Most of this happened in Auschwitz. Josef Mengele selected prisoners for the gas chambers in Auschwitz. He also would do cruel experiments on prisoners (mainly twins). He was called the Angel of Death for his cruel and disgusting experiments. “He enlisted in the Nazi stormtroopers in 1993 and joined the newly founded institute for Hereditary Biology and Racial Hygiene the next year.” (Mengele

He goined the nazi party in 1937 and the ss in 1938. He liked twins he liked to do stuff to one then studie how it affected them. Most people he tested usually died and if they weren't yet dead. They would be in a lot of pain. The expirements were harsh and brutal. (Josef Mengele) https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007060

According to Wikipedia, On March 16th, 1911 Josef Mengele, one of the cruelest men on earth, was born. He was born in Günzburg, Germany and he was the oldest of three children. His father’s name was Karl Mengele a prosperous manufacturer of farming implements. In 1935, the younger Mengele studied at the University of Munich and earned a Ph.D. in physical anthropology. Josef Mengele became an assistant of Dr. Otmar von Verschuer at the Institute for Hereditary Biology in 1937.

Doctors and Experiments of the Holocaust 6 million Jews, 2.7 million Soviets, 1 million Poles, half a million Gypsies, and a quarter of a million disabled and innocent people were all murdered and killed during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a terrible and awful time in history, and often times we try to push it away and forget about all the innocent people that were killed. The doctors such as Josef Mengele and the experiments that he performed on concentration camp prisoners and kids were a big part of the Holocaust, and many of these people and children were tortured, dissected, and killed. Dr. Josef Mengele was known as the cruelest and evil doctor during the Holocaust. He was oftentimes referred to as the “Angel of Death.”

The Holocaust is arguably one of the biggest genocide in world history when between five and six million Jews were killed. Most were killed by gas or by firing squad or by simply being burned. But some of the Jews were victims of the doctors during the Holocaust. One of the most famous doctors during this time was Dr. Mengele, he was responsible for most of the deaths caused by experiments during the time. His career began at the Institute for Hereditary Biology and Racial Hygiene in Frankfurt, where he became the assistant of Dr. Otmar von Verschuer, a leading scientific figure widely known for his research with twins. In 1947 he joined the Nazi party and the next year he joined the SS. He wasn't the only doctor during the time though there

The Nazi government to provide a way to enhance the Aryan species sponsored Dr. Mengele in his horrific human experiments; Twins were especially of interest as Dr. Mengele was trying to find a way to get Aryan women give birth to blond and blue eyed twins.

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.

Thesis: From his early life to his insane experiments, Josef Mengele is a perfect model of the evils humans are capable of.

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

It is said that Mengele “knew exactly why they were there and how killing Jews could advance their careers.” (Wistrich 229) With this being said, there is no doubt as to why survivors and governments have tried to track down Dr. Mengele for countless years after the war. However, is it possible that there might have been a soft side to this man? After all, some twins did call him “Uncle Mengele”; he had to care for them at least a little bit to make sure that they stay alive, even if for his evil necessities. “Yet even Mengele, a music