Josef Mengele

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Josef Mengele born?March 16, 1911
2. Where was Josef Mengele born?Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany
3. What is the career?SS officer and physician at Auschwitz
4. What is the fled to?Argentina (1949), Paraguay (1959), and Brazil (1960) after World War II
5. Who was Josef Mengele?Josef Mengele was a German doctor who worked at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. He performed cruel experiments on many people, especially children and twins.
6. Why was he called the "Angel of Death"?He was given that nickname because he decided who would go to the gas chambers and carried out many terrible experiments that caused many deaths.

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