The Angel of Death: Biography of Josef Mengele
Jason Barron
Mr. Bentley
October 1, 2012
Josef Mengele
Early life
Josef Mengele aka angle of death aka the white angle was born march 16, 1911 the eldest of 3 children to Karl and Walburga Mengele in Gunzburg Barvaria Germany in 1935 Mengele earned a PHD in anthropology from the university of munich. In January 1937 he became an assistant to Dr. Otmar Freiherr von Verschur, was a leading scientist know for his genetic research with twins and also studied un Theodor Mollison and Eugen Fischer. in 1939 Mangele married Irene Schonbein
Mengele joined the Nazi party in 1937, and got his medical degree and joined the SS had an only son Rolf born on March 11, 1941, later volunteered to the medical. Latter that month he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class and then was awarded the iron cross 1st class for saving two soldiers from a burning tank
In may 1943 Mengele replaced a doctor who was ill at the Nazi extermination camp in Auschwitz and latter became the medical officer. During his 21 month period in Auschwitz Mengele was referred to as the white angle by the inmates because when he inspected new prisoners his white coat and white arms spread like an angle, he took turns with other SS officers inspecting the prisoners for who would work and who would be sent to the gas chambers immediately. He also would come frequently in search of twins for his research experiments. He drew a line in Auschwitz for children twins and if they weren’t tall enough 150 centimeters they would be sent to the gas chambers "He had a look that said 'I am the power,'" said one survivor. When it was reported that one block was infested with lice, Mengele ordered that the 750 women who lived inside the dormitories be gassed
Mengele used Auschwitz as an opportunity to continue his research on heredity(when cells are passed down from parents/assertors) using prisoner children twins (mostly identical twins) he had a Jewish assistant pediatrician and a Hungarian Jewish
Mr. Bentley
October 1, 2012
Josef Mengele
Early life
Josef Mengele aka angle of death aka the white angle was born march 16, 1911 the eldest of 3 children to Karl and Walburga Mengele in Gunzburg Barvaria Germany in 1935 Mengele earned a PHD in anthropology from the university of munich. In January 1937 he became an assistant to Dr. Otmar Freiherr von Verschur, was a leading scientist know for his genetic research with twins and also studied un Theodor Mollison and Eugen Fischer. in 1939 Mangele married Irene Schonbein
Mengele joined the Nazi party in 1937, and got his medical degree and joined the SS had an only son Rolf born on March 11, 1941, later volunteered to the medical. Latter that month he was awarded the iron cross 2nd class and then was awarded the iron cross 1st class for saving two soldiers from a burning tank
In may 1943 Mengele replaced a doctor who was ill at the Nazi extermination camp in Auschwitz and latter became the medical officer. During his 21 month period in Auschwitz Mengele was referred to as the white angle by the inmates because when he inspected new prisoners his white coat and white arms spread like an angle, he took turns with other SS officers inspecting the prisoners for who would work and who would be sent to the gas chambers immediately. He also would come frequently in search of twins for his research experiments. He drew a line in Auschwitz for children twins and if they weren’t tall enough 150 centimeters they would be sent to the gas chambers "He had a look that said 'I am the power,'" said one survivor. When it was reported that one block was infested with lice, Mengele ordered that the 750 women who lived inside the dormitories be gassed
Mengele used Auschwitz as an opportunity to continue his research on heredity(when cells are passed down from parents/assertors) using prisoner children twins (mostly identical twins) he had a Jewish assistant pediatrician and a Hungarian Jewish