Josef Mengele Informative Speech

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Have you ever wondered if there was someone even more evil than Hitler? Let me introduce you to Josef Mengele. He was one of the cruelest and hellacious doctors during World War 2. Most commonly known for his vicious experiments with twins, he was given the name “the angel of death”. Josef Mengele was born on march 16th, 1911 in Gunzburg, Germany. He was the son of Karl and Walburga Mengele and had two brothers. the brother’s names were Karl Jr and Alois Mengele. The Mengele family had a fortune because Josef’s father owned a foundry that manufactured farming equipment, this fortune would help Josef after the war. Josef was a very educated and sophisticated man, earning his PhD in Physical anthropology in 1935 from the University of Munich. He became the assistant for Dr. Otmar von Verschuer at the institute for hereditary biology and racial hygiene in Frankfurt. Josef was not apart didn’t side with a political party until he joined Munich University. In 1937, he joined the Nazi party. Munich …show more content…

He originally planned to use his research to create his Habilitation to become a university faculty professor, but he never was able to because he was a war criminal on the run. Josef worked a farmhand near Rosenheim, Bavaria from 1945 to 1949. After realizing he couldn’t stay in Germany because he would run the risk of getting arrested he decided to flee His family still cared for him as they helped him move to South America. Josef lived in Argentina and Paraguay and then lived the rest of his life in Brazil. Josef Mengele died during a stroke he received while swimming under the name “Wolfgang Gerhard” on February 7th, 1979. He evaded being captured for 34 years. Josef Mengele was a horrible person. He killed innocent people, including children, because they were jews. He was so bad you could compare him to Hitler.Since WW2, no one man has ever been as cruel as Josef

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