Have you heard that phrase that states that everything is paid in this world? It may not be true, or in any case it is not exactly one of the morals that can be released from the knowledge of the life, crimes and death of Dr.Josef Mengele (1911-1979), from whom we have spoken to you in Mysterious.
Born in Bavaria, Mengele was a doctor, anthropologist and SS officer during World War II; In the Auschwitz concentration camp he was responsible for selecting the prisoners who would go to work camps, gas chambers or be used by him in cruel and inhuman scientific experiments .
In January 1945, ending the war and shortly before the arrival of the Russians in Auschwitz, this criminal managed to escape and four years later, with the help of a network formed by former SS members, emigrate to South America.
The children of Brazil
Would you have seen Mengele The children of Brazil? The Boys from Brazil , its title in English, was a popular film released in 1978, a year before the death of the criminal.It is based on a novel by Ira Levin and starring the great actors Gregory Peck and Lawrence Olivier.
The novel and the movie tell the story of a Nazi conspiracy to reproduce a leader similar to Hitler; This plot is coordinated by Josef Mengele and consists of using Nazi foreign minister's genetic material and reproducing the family and social conditions that made him such a monster.The conspiracy is thwarted by a persecutor of war criminals and the doctor is killed by one of his “children.” A final worthy for Mengele, but false.
The true life of Josef Mengele
Mengele lived in Argentina from 1949 to 1960, where He worked as a carpenter, trader and entrepreneur of moderate success; there he married his crib, Martha, who had been widowed, and adopted his nephew. Josef didn't even try to hide his identity : he certified his papers with the West German embassy in Buenos Aires and made several trips to Europe, and even became an Argentine citizen with the name of Jose Mengele .
Finally, in 1960, he feels he could be arrested, so “Jose” moves to Paraguay and then, again with the help of Nazi supporters, to Brazil, where he associates with Wolfgang Gerhard , with whom he will share a farm near São Paulo.
The old man from Brazil
The next eighteen years Mengele will experience some identity changes but without major shocks, and affirming to his friends that he was not a criminal, and that he only carried out orders.In 1975 Wolgang Gerhard decides to return to Germany with his wife and as a parting gift he leaves his identity to Mengele, with whom he will be buried in 1979, after suffering Laughing a stroke while swimming in Bertioga, a spa 80km from São Paulo.
It wasn't until 1985 that his remains were exhumed in the São Paulo cemetery of Embu das Artes , and it could be determined that it was him.
In the case of Mengele, it may be true that the arm of justice is long, but I do not reach it, at least not in life.Will there be justice after Death?
Remember that you can also read our article about Janusz Korczak, a brave teacher who challenged the Nazis.
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