Josef Mengele- Angel of Death
Language Arts
There can't be two smart people in the world. We're going to win the war. So only the Aryan race will stand. This quote is a perfect example of why the Holocaust began. In World War II, doctor Josef Mengele served as the chief doctor at the Auschwitz concentration camp. In his 21 months at Auschwitz, he became known as the angel of death. Bringing countless prisoners to their demise. Mengele's most prominent research involved experimentation on identical twins, wars, prisoners with abnormalities, and the ability to change human eye color. If you viewed these prisoners as less than human and acted accordingly. Mengele was born on March 16th, 1911 in goons Berg Germany. He grew up intelligent and ambitious. Studying anthropology and medicine. At 21, Mengele joined the stall him. League up front soldiers, which introduced him into the SA, or stood my bike to luck. The military organization of the Nazi Party. He resigned shortly after. In 1937, Josef applied to become a member of the Nazi regime. Leading to his recruitment into the SS or scuta. A military force serving under Adolf Hitler in 1938. In 1939, Germany invaded Poland. This act of malice sparked the beginning of World War II. As chaos consumed the world, a dastardly plan limited within the mind of Adolf Hitler. He wanted to create an army of perfect German men and also direct his cruelty toward the Jews. Two years later, Hitler put his plan for this final solution into a fight. He began the deportation of Jews in 1942, the extermination camp located in captured Polish territory. Mingle became injured while serving in the medical corps and was declared unfit for combat. However, he was promoted to captain and was sent to replace a doctor in Auschwitz. At Auschwitz, Joseph mingle, they became infamous for his role in deciding which incoming prisoners were sent to work, and which were immediately sent to the gas chamber. There, Mengele took the opportunity to perform human experimentation. He had a particular interest in twins. In 1943, Mengele housed twins in the separate barracks. They were provided better housing and more rations of food. He conducted experiments on them, including an attempt to combine impaired to create Siamese tools. After experimentation, the bodies were dissected. He performed surgical procedures without anesthetic. He also injected chemicals into children's eyes. In efforts to change their eye color. He was trying to make an army of super German soldiers with blue eyes and blond hair. This is what fueled his research aside from his hate of Jews and gypsies. Mengele's work was viewed in two different ways. The Nazis saw him as a visionary at the hand of Hitler. They viewed him as a great man that strived to make the dreams of many Nazis come true. Other people view Mengele and the rest of the Holocaust as in trust. Though his work booth viewed by all of his victims as horrible and wrong. The children at Auschwitz saw doctor Mengele in a different light. They saw doctor Mengele as a father figure. They remembered him as a friendly and gentleman, who sometimes gave them chocolate, an extra ration of food. Several children even called doctor Mengele's uncle Mengele. Nearing the end of Walt war two, mingle fled from Ashford's on January 17th, 1945, using the disguise of a regular German infantry. He assumed a low profile and worked as a farm hand near his hometown, who's good. There were many times where he was close to being caught and shown for whom he truly was. But he was smart, and always managed to get himself out of bad situation. Realizing that he was no longer safe in Germany. Mengele headed to Argentina where he undertook a new identity. After ten years in Argentina, mingle moved to Paraguay. There in 1979, Josef Mengele went for a swim and suffered a stroke. He drowned and was pronounced dead as he appeared on the shore. Although mingle died, the results of his actions can be seen today. Human rights became globally recognized shortly after World War II. The establishment of the United Nations led to the adoption of the universal declaration of human rights in 1948. This document proclaimed the fundamental rights and freedoms entitled to all humans. Bioethics, the study of ethical controversies in biological and medical advances. Became a fundamental study following the years of World War II. Josef Mengele's work ultimately left a lasting ameliorative impact.