Josef Rudolf Mengele (German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈmɛŋələ] ⓘ; 16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician during World War II at the Russian front and then at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, where he was nicknamed the "Angel of Death" (German: Todesengel). [1] He performed deadly experiments on prisoners at the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) …

Dec 17, 2024 · Josef Mengele, Nazi doctor at Auschwitz extermination camp (1943–45) who selected prisoners for execution in the gas chambers and conducted medical experiments on inmates in pseudoscientific racial studies.

Nov 15, 2024 · 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."

Nov 5, 2009 · Dr. Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi doctor who performed medical experiments at the Auschwitz death camps, dies of a stroke while swimming in Brazil—although his death was not verified until...

Josef Mengele, the infamous doctor of Auschwitz, referred to as the “Angel of Death,” selected arriving prisoners on the platform at Auschwitz for the gas chambers or incarceration. He also chose prisoners for medical experiments conducted by him and other camp “ doctors .”

Apr 2, 2014 · Josef Mengele was a Nazi doctor at Auschwitz extermination camp who selected prisoners for execution in gas chambers and led medical experiments on inmates.

Josef Rudolf Mengele, better known as Doctor Josef Mengele (March 16, 1911 – February 7, 1979), was a German Nazi SS officer and a physician at Auschwitz concentration camp. There, he worked with Rudolf Höss, the camp's Commandant. Mengele participated in the Holocaust.

Sep 12, 2024 · Josef Mengele, the infamous doctor of Auschwitz, referred to as the “Angel of Death,” selected arriving prisoners on the platform at Auschwitz for the gas chambers or incarceration. He also chose prisoners for medical experiments conducted by him and other camps “doctors.”

For twenty-one months Josef Mengele exercised the power of life and death over thousands of Auschwitz inmates. Nicknamed the "Angel of Death," he supervised a gas chamber at Auschwitz-Birkenau and conducted horrific pseudoscientific experiments that …

Josef Mengele (16 March 1911 – 7 Feb. 1979), SS Hauptsturmführer, had two PhD titles, one in anthropology, and the other in medicine. From mid 1940 to mid 1942, he served as a medical officer behind the front line.