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The Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp inmates referred to him as 'the White Angel' because he inspected new arrivals while wearing a white coat.

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The more we do to you the less you seem to believe we are doing it?

said by Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death.


How old was Josef Mengele when he died?

Josef Mengele was 67 when he died in Brazil on February 8, 1979.


What is dr mengele remembered for?

Josef Mengele was known as the Angel of death and would torture Jewish children, Gypsy children and many others. "Patients" were put into pressure chambers, tested with drugs, castrated, frozen to death, and exposed to various other traumas. Dr. Josef Mengele was born on March 16, 1911, the eldest of three sons of Karl and Walburga Mengele. Josef was refined, intelligent and popular in his town. He studied philosophy at Munich and medicine at Frankfurt University. In 1935 his dissertation dealt with racial differences in the structure of the lower jaw. In 1937 he joined the Nazi party, then in 1938 he went to the SS. In 1942 he was wounded at the Russian front and was pronounced unfit for duty. After that he volunteered to go to the concentration camp, he was sent to the death camp, Auschwitz. Dr. Josef Mengele, nicknamed "the Angel of Death", became the surviving symbol of Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution". Mengele was always immaculately prepared for the long-drawn-out rituals of death, the hellish selections which the young SS doctor so regularly attended during his twenty-one months at Auschwitz.


Why did they call josef mengele angle of death?

Josef Mengele is famous because of the cruel experiments he did on twins, dwarfs and other people in the Auschwitz death camp. Also because after the war he fled to South America and no one was able to find him until 34 years later.


Did Dr Mengele lead the Jews to freedom?

Absolutely not. Josef Mengele can hardly be called a doctor - the experiments he performed at Auschwitz were definitely not healing.

Related Questions

What is josef mengele nickname?

The Angel of Death. He was called this because he brought death and fear with him wherever he went.


What is an easy doctor to write a report on?

Josef Mengele,The angel of death


The more we do to you the less you seem to believe we are doing it?

said by Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death.


How did Josef Mengele become the angel of death and Why?

He did tests on people that left them dead/paralyzed.


Who were the Angels of Death in World War 2?

This nickname was given to Josef Mengele, who peformed experiments on children at Auschwitz and was also used more generally of such doctors.


What was Heinrich Himmler's nickname?

Josef Mengele went by Angel of Death.


Why is Josef Mengele so famous?

Josef Mengele "The Angel of Death" is famous (more like infamous) for being a doctor in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. He and Adolf Eichmann were the two most wanted Nazi war criminals.


What was Josef Mengele known for?

Josef Mengele was known during the Nazi era as the Angel of Death. Although trained as a anthropologist and physician, he was known for selecting which concentration camp inmates would be killed and for performing experiments on humans.


How old was Dr. Josef Mengele at death?

Dr. Josef Mengele died on February 7, 1979 at the age of 67.


Experiments did dr mengele conduct his concerntration camp?

Josef Mengele was known as the angel of death. So called camp doctors, especially the notorious Josef Mengele, would torture Jewish children, Gypsy children and many others. "Patients" were put into pressure chambers, tested with drugs, castrated, frozen to death, and exposed to various other traumas. Dr. Josef Mengele was born on March 16, 1911, the eldest of three sons of Karl and Walburga Mengele. Josef was refined, intelligent and popular in his town. He studied philosophy at Munich and medicine at Frankfurt University. His name share of experiment was with twin children.


How tall is Josef Mengele?

Josef Mengele is 174 cm.


How old was Josef Mengele when he died?

Josef Mengele was 67 when he died in Brazil on February 8, 1979.