Doctor Josef Mengele: The Angel of Death

by Holly Cefrey

100+ Page Biographies That Help Students Grasp the Enormity of the Holocaust The history of the Holocaust is in many ways the story of individuals. These biographies examine the key figures during this shameful time in human history. Focusing both on the victims and the perpetrators of evil, these titles recount the depravity, suffering, and courage that took place during the Holocaust. These gripping and affecting books help teens understand the heroic, infamous, and little-known people of the Holocaust. They will inspire teens to understand the meaning of moral commitment and to say "never again." An excellent supplement to the history and social studies curricula.

Genres: Holocaust, Nonfiction, History

112 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting bio of this elusive scientist/madman of the Third Reich. Reading this you come to see much more of the evil and madness that was done. Very recommended

[Cindi Leiter · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a short book that introduced the life of Dr. Mengele. It focused too much on the experimentation on twins without ever giving any details. I believe this would be a good book to introduce students to the atrocities of this man.

[Terri Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very well-written introduction to who Dr. Josef Mengele was and what he did. It also very plainly discusses everything from the trip in cattle cars to Auschwitz to the horrors of what happened there where older children and young adults can understand.

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[Brittney Warf]

Dr. Josef Mengele was known as the "Angel of Death." At first glimpse the holocaust victims said Dr. Mengele had a nice smile, personality, and he was well dressed. Behind that smile was an unbearable evil that is hard for me to talk about. He was rude to Jewish people, but he was very nice to gypsy's and twins, so nice that he earned the nickname "Uncle Pepi." Menegele Served twenty months as a "doctor" in the Auschwitz concentration camp. His main experiments were twins. There were two categories of experiments. One was for military purposes and the other was for racial hygiene. Some of the military experiments included amputations, freezing experiments, transplants, and wound experiments. Dr. Mengele did his experiments of racial hygiene on twins.These experiments included sampling, blood transfusions, organ switching, and deliberate infection and poisoning. After the Soviet and the united States invaded Germany Mengele fled to Argentina. His marriage had ended and his own son knew him as Uncle Fritz. His son Rolf didn't know his true identity until later on in his life

[Austin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dr. Josef Mengele was a different man than all the other Nazis around him and the some he worked with. He was known to the prisoners as The Angel of Death. During the Holocaust Dr. Mengele wanted to be widely known like his parents who owned a place to make farm machinary. I liked this book because it told what really happened in the Holocaust. Germans believed that they were better and more important than other contries around them. Nazis killed people with problems that might carry on problems through generations down the line. I never knew that people would do that to innocent people. Some things that I didn't like about the book was it was a bit short and I would have liked to read more about Dr. Mengele and his experiments on twins. There could have been more detail in certain parts of the book. Some of the parts were cofusing, like the different forces of the Nazis. Otherwise this was a great non-fiction book about the Holocaust.

[Mitchelle Morenos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mengele studied medicine and became a doctor but he was more interested in the study of genetics and Darwin's theories of natural selection. He got hurt and couldn't continue active military service, this led to his appointment at Auschwitz. Hitlers medical institutions encouraged his "experiments" at that camp. The book describes the man's evil personality, his experiments, and the suffering of his patients, especially twins.

[Randy Wurm · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's fascinating how government propaganda and prejudice can influence people's opinions of others. Mengele was called a decent fellow by some buy the next minute could turn into an experimental psycho. It's a shame he was able to live a long live on the run after the war and was never brought to justice.

[cristian · Rating 5 out of 5]

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