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| − | '''Josef Mengele''' (1911 - 1979) was a [[Germany|German]] [[physician]] and researcher who | + | '''Josef Mengele''' (1911 - 1979) was a [[Germany|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 camp]]s attempting to prove that disease was the product of [[racism|racial inferiority]] and in order to [[eugenics|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 performed experiments on humans in the [[concentration camp]]s attempting to prove that disease was the product of [[racism|racial inferiority]] and in order to [[eugenics|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 un[[ethical]] and cruel operations on prisoners. | He has been criticized to this day because of his un[[ethical]] and cruel operations on prisoners. | ||
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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.