In which Swabian town on the Danube was Josef Mengele born in 1911?
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Günzburg
His father's company was for a long time one of the town's largest employers.
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Josef Mengele
Mengele in 1956 on the photo of an Argentine identity document; he was living undisturbed in Buenos Aires at the time.
What did the Mengele family's company make?
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farm machinery
After the war the family supported Mengele with money for decades while he was on the run.
Besides medicine, in which subject did Mengele also earn a doctorate?
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anthropology
His anthropological thesis in Munich set out to prove “racial” differences in the lower jaw.
To which race scientist and patron did Mengele send specimens from Auschwitz?
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Otmar von Verschuer
Verschuer headed the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology in Berlin. After the war he became a professor in Münster; he was never prosecuted.
What was the procedure on the Birkenau ramp called, in which SS doctors like Mengele decided on the life and death of new arrivals?
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selection
The old, the sick, pregnant women and most children were sent straight to the gas chambers.
On which group of prisoners, mostly children, did Mengele carry out especially cruel experiments?
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twins
Of about 3,000 twins he selected, only a few hundred survived.
💡 Did you know? The survivor Eva Mozes Kor later founded a museum and spoke publicly about forgiveness, without playing down the crime.
Which nickname did survivors give Mengele?
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the Angel of Death
He often appeared well groomed and smiling on the ramp, sometimes whistling: a contrast many survivors never forgot.
To which country did Mengele flee via the “ratline” in 1949?
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Argentina
Later he lived in Paraguay and from 1960 in Brazil, finally under the name “Wolfgang Gerhard”.
In which country did Mengele drown after a stroke while swimming in 1979?
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Brazil
He died in Bertioga on the coast of São Paulo, without ever having stood trial.
By which method was it finally proven in 1992 that the remains of “Wolfgang Gerhard” were Mengele's?
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DNA analysis
They were compared with blood from his son Rolf. In 1985 forensic experts had already largely identified him from bones and teeth.
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