The Angel Of Death: Joseph Mengele

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The Angel Of Death Two simple words, I promise can change a life. However not all promises are restricted to the light side, some may feed on the darkness of evil. A promise means a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen.Victims of the Nazi genocide felt strongly about many topics including their religion, one Holocaust victim said, “I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.” This quote has evidence about this time in history and how victims felt. As time went on everyone not just Jewish people, had lost hope along with faith in their God . Furthermore Hitler was the only one they could trust to keep his word, even if it was to continue eliminating Jews along with other religions they knew he was serious. There were many humans that contributed to his evil mission, however some contributed more than others. Furthermore Josef Mengele played a significant role in the number of deaths the Nazis caused. While living under a false identity, Josef Mengele was found as the most heartless intelligent monster of the Nazi Genocide. Mengele was born March 16, in the year 1911 in Bavaria to Karl Mengele previous to WWI. Karl his father, happened to be a manufacturer of farming. Furthermore out of his siblings Josef Mengele was the oldest of them all. Meanwhile during his family’s lifetime, they ran a machine tools business together. As Mengele grew older he became well-known in his town as well as being labeled extremely smart and intelligent. Education took up a large portion of his life soon after that. This included studying in the field of Philosophy at the University Munich, also going to Frank... ... middle of paper ... ...ow 2012. Web. 24 March 2014 “Auschwitz Gets a New Doctor” History. A&E Television Networks, LLC. 1996. Web. 24 March 2014 “Corruption” Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State. Community Television of Southern California (KCET). 2004-2005. Web. 24 March 2014 Hall, Allan. Thornhill, Ted. “Letters and Sketchbooks Written by Josef Mengele” Mail online. “Josef Mengele” History learning site. HistoryLearningSite.co.uk 2000-2013. web. March 2014 “Who Was Josef Mengele” ” Josef Mengele” Holocaust Encyclopedia. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC.June 10, 2013 Web. 24 March 2014 Lynott, Douglas B. “Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death” Web. 24 March 2014 “Secret Doctor of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele” Mirror News. July 30,2011. Web. 24 March 2014 Schult, Christof.“Dr. Mengele’s Victim” Spiegel online international. December 10, 2009. web. 24 March 2014

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