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| + | During the Israeli [[Mossad]] operation in May 1960 to capture [[Adolf Eichmann]] in [[Argentina]], operatives located Mengele's apartment, and at one point, knew he was home on a specific day. At the time, though, Eichmann was in a safe house inside Argentina, and the [[Mossad]] decided it would be unsafe to attempt a second operation. After Eichmann was taken out of the country, [[Mossad]] agents tried to locate Mengele, but he had already escaped to [[Paraguay]].<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080902/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_mengele;_ylt=AnNm4NTiMRGDB9xl2rO8T9gDW7oF Israeli Mossad let Nazi Mengele get away]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 12:04, September 3, 2008
Josef Mengele (1911 - 1979) was a German physician and researcher who perpetrated the Holocaust in the Auschwitz death camp. Mengele had obtained a Ph.D. based on the study of racial differences in the anatomy of the jaw. He was one of the greatest supporters of Nazi theories of racial superiority with questionable research claims. He also strongly supported the murder of the physically and mentally disabled. He was known as the "Angel of Death."
He performed experiments on humans in the concentration camps attempting to prove that disease was the product of racial inferiority and in order to genetically engineer a new species, which was the aim of his organization, the Frankfurt based Institute of Hereditary Biology and Racial Hygiene. He amputated healthy limbs and performed other unusual operations on prisoners. After the war he fled to Brazil where he drowned due to a stroke while swimming.
He has been criticized to this day because of his unethical and cruel operations on prisoners.
During the Israeli Mossad operation in May 1960 to capture Adolf Eichmann in Argentina, operatives located Mengele's apartment, and at one point, knew he was home on a specific day. At the time, though, Eichmann was in a safe house inside Argentina, and the Mossad decided it would be unsafe to attempt a second operation. After Eichmann was taken out of the country, Mossad agents tried to locate Mengele, but he had already escaped to Paraguay.[1]