1. Josef Mengele “Angel of Death”
By: Marissa C.E
Trisha Garlit

2. Chief Nazi doctor in Aushwitz, in WWII Born March 16,1911
Josef Mengele
Chief Nazi doctor in Aushwitz, in WWII
Born March 16,1911
Born in Gunzberg, Germany
He studied philosophy in Munich, where he encountered the racial ideology of Alfred Rosenberg. He later studied medicine at the University of Frankfurt, there he learned about heredity, biology, and racial hygiene. He studied in physical anthropology and genetics.

3. Auschwitz Doctor at Auschwitz Largest Nazi “deathcamps”
1.1 million people murdered
3 sections of Auschwitz
Spanned May 1940-January 27, 1945
Jews used for labour, extermination, or medical experimentation
3 separate sections of Auschwitz: Auschwitz I- main camp, housed prisoners to be experimented on mostly twins, and place of severe torture and execution
Auschwitz II- the real killing center of death camps, and housed the most prisoners
Auschwitz III- mostly used for housing forced laborers.

4. Twins Obsessed with twins Bribed twins with candies/chocolates
Better treatment
Conducted experiments on the twins in Auschwitz
The twins often called him “uncle Mengele” and favored him because of his bribery. But had no idea what his intention was.

5. Experiment Transfused twin’s blood together
Performed organ removal, castrations, and amputations without anesthesia
Took blood out daily approx. 10 cubic cm
He wanted to increase the German race and wanted blonde, blue-eyed kids to be born. He injected chemicals in their eyes to make them blue. And it often caused blindness.

6. Amount of killings gave nickname Killed 400,000 victims
“Angel of Death”
Amount of killings gave nickname
Killed 400,000 victims
Experiments useful today
The Auschwitz doctor prescribed death and experimented horribly in search of Aryan perfection. He sent tens of thousands of Jews to the gas chambers at Auschwitz.

7. Bibliography
“Josef Mengele Facts,” Your dictionary biography.com 04 April 2013.
“Josef Mengele,” Biography.com 02 April 2013.
“Mengele’s children: The twins of Auschwitz,” About.com 02 April 2013.
“Mengele’s children: The twins of Auschwitz II,” About.com 02 April 2013.