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Josef Mengele

March 16, 1911 – February 8, 1979

Nazi SS doctor and Military Officer at Auschwitz (1911–1979)

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Josef Rudolf Mengele, often dubbed the "Angel of Death", was a German military officer and physician during World War II at the Soviet front and then at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. He conducted research and experiments on prisoners at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp, where he was a member of the team of doctors who selected victims to be murdered in the gas chambers.

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  • Birthday · March 16
  • Anniversary · February 8

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