Auschwitz Gets a New Doctor, the "Angel of Death" - May 24, 1943
Today in history, Josef Mengele, aka 'The Angel of Death" became the new doctor at the extermination camp at Auschwitz, Poland. Josef Mengele, who had a variety of names matching his description, was 32 years old at the time, and was from Bavaria, Germany.
Josef Mengele was a very cruel man. He was one of the Nazi doctors that had done cruel acts in different parts of the world, including the United States. After WWII was over, the US government had some concern because there were still brilliant, Nazi doctors left in Germany, and if America did not bring them over here, then the Soviet Union would take them in and use their expertise, possibly against us. One of those doctors was Josef Mengele. He had a fascination with twin babies and would dissect them. He was also involved in the Cold War experiments, such as Mkultra and Bluebird Project in which children were used in mind control experiments. The children were treated with much cruelty under these experiments and Josef Mengele was never caught until later on, when people such as Carol Rutz, brought it to the attention of the government. (See link below on "A Nation Betrayed").
Josef Mengele not only did his activities here in the U.S., but he also became a citizen of Paraguay and later moved to Brazil, where he found another partner to work his experiments with. Supposedly, he died while swimming in 1979, but there is no positive proof that it was Mengele that died. It may have been his partner.
History.com-Angel of Death
A Nation Betrayed Interview with Carol Rutz
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