7 February 1979 A.D. Hitler’s Hun Dr. Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death,” Croaks
7 February 1979 A.D. Hitler’s Hun Dr. Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death,” Croaks Editors. “The `Angel of Death’ dies.” History.com. N.d. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-angel-of-death-dies . Accessed 6 Feb 2015. The "Angel of Death" dies Dr. Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi doctor who performed medical experiments at the Auschwitz death camps, dies of a stroke while swimming in Brazil—although his death was not verified until 1985. Mengele was born on March 16, 1911, in Gunzburg, Germany. His father founded Frima Karl Mengele & Sohne, a factory that produced farm machinery, in Bavaria. In college, Mengele first studied philosophy, imbibing the rascist theories of Alfred Rosenberg—who posited the innate intellectual and moral superiority of Aryans—and then took a medical degree at the University of Frankfurt am Main. Soon thereafter he enlisted in the SA, the paramilitary force of the Nazi Party . Mengele was so enthusia...