countygeneral | 25 points | Jan 06 2018 21:28:59

Of all Nazi war criminals, few were as notorious and gruesome as Josef Mengele, infamous for his deadly medical experiments on twins. But at the end of WWII, he disappeared and died a free man 34 years later in Brazil. How was this possible?

Josef Mengele, the doctor responsible for horrific experiments on living human beings in Auschwitz, the man who had selected the prisoners he wanted while sending thousands of others directly to the gas chambers, was considered one of the most wanted Nazi war criminals. Although the German government was aware of his whereabouts he lived undetected in Germany until 1948 and under his own name in Argentina until 1959. It was not until that year that German prosecutors issued an arrest warrant. Mengele first moved to Paraguay, then to São Paulo in Brazil. In particular, the Israeli intelligence service Mossad was after him and twice he only narrowly managed to escape its agents. But who was Josef Mengele? How was he able to go to ground after the end of the Second World War and lead a new life without being recognized? Our documentary reconstructs his life and talk to family members and acquaintances - as well as experts who draw a psychological profile of the so-called "Angel of Death of Auschwitz.”

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previously on DW DocFilms: Art and Childhood | Abducted and Sold: Forced Workers in Russia | Soundhunters: A Musical Expedition | Crime Novels and The Third Reich | A North Korean Diary

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