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SS physician Josef Mengele conducted inhumane, and often deadly, medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz. He became the most notorious of the Nazi doctors who conducted experiments at the camp. Mengele was nicknamed the "angel of death."
Josef Rudolf Mengele ( [ˈjoːzɛf ˈmɛŋələ] ⓘ; 16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician during World War II. Nicknamed the "Angel of Death" (German: Todesengel ), [1] he performed deadly experiments on prisoners at the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) concentration camp, where he was a member of the ...
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Article History. Josef Mengele. Byname: Todesengel (German: “Angel of Death”) Born: March 16, 1911, Günzburg, Germany. Died: February 7, 1979, Enseada da Bertioga, near São Paulo, Brazil (aged 67) Political Affiliation: Nazi Party. Role In: Holocaust.
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Apr 17, 2022 · From 1943 to 1945, Mengele built up a reputation as the “Angel of Death” at Auschwitz. Like other Nazi doctors on-site, Mengele was tasked with choosing which prisoners would be murdered immediately and which ones would be kept alive for grueling labor — or for human experiments.
