Intersting Facts

Dr. Josef Mengele was born on March 16, 1911.He died on February 7, 1979(68 Years of age) He was raised a catholic in Gunzburg, Bavaria. He fought in WWII before being called "unfit for battle", so they decided to use him as a medic. He was most interested in twins and their eyes and finger prints, and why they where different, but they looked exactly the same. He took care of many twins as if they where his own kids. He treated them different and he told them to call him "uncle Mengele"He tried to put eyeballs on the backs of peoples heads, so they where more fit for war. Three years after his arrival in South America, he married his brothers widow. She had a 14 year old boy. He changed his name legally to "Jose Mengele"

The picture at top right was his lab at Auschwitz. The picture at right was his home in South America, sitting on about 400 acres of land.