From the summer of 1945 until spring 1949, the physician, under false papers, worked as a farmhand near Rosenheim, Bavaria. At that time, his prosperous family aided his emigration to South America. Mengele settled in Argentina. read more
Despite his notoriety and the magnitude of his crimes, Mengele obviously wasn’t particularly afraid of getting caught. Based on interviews with those who knew him, he was a polite and unassuming man, unless anyone brought up Auschwitz or Nazi war crimes. read more
Josef Mengele (1911-1979) was a German doctor and Nazi War Criminal who escaped justice after World War Two. During the Second World War, Mengele worked at the infamous Auschwitz death camp, where he conducted twisted experiments on the Jewish inmates before sending them to their deaths. read more