Is Mengele a German name?

Yes. It seems like all the Mengeles worth mentioning are of the same family from Günzburg. Karl Mengele senior bought into a business for agricultural machines and had the sons Josef (the infamous SS doctor), Karl junior and Alois (both of whom continued the farm machinery business). read more

The company Mengele Agrartechnik was sold in 1991, it existed under this name until 2011, when it was taken over by Dutch company Lely. In 2017 Lely was taken over by the American AGCO group, still operating the former Mengele works in Waldstetten (south of Günzburg) and Wolfenbüttel. read more

“Mengele” is pronounced “MEN-guh-luh”, both in German and English. In English, “Josef” is pronounced like the English name “Joseph”, although the German pronunciation is “YO-zef”. read more

Josef Mengele (German: [ˈmɛŋələ]; 16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician in Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. He performed deadly human experiments on prisoners and was a member of the team of doctors who selected victims to be killed in the gas chambers. read more