Josef Mengele was born March 16, 1911 in Gunzburg, Germany and his parents were Karl (1881-1959) and Walburga (?-1946) Mengele. He had two younger brothers; Karl (1912-1949 and Alois

Eugenics is a science concerned with improving a breed or species, especially the human species, by such means as influencing or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have desirable genetic traits. (Webster's Dictionary) Most of Mengele's work was pushed by Adolf Hitler and his obsession with blue eyed blond haired person - one which they were trying to create. Along with this obsession of Hitlers' eugenics played an important role as the fuel for Mengle's experiments. Eu - meaning 'true' or 'noble' or 'well' and 'genics' meaning 'seed' or 'inherited material' or 'born': so basically eugenics means 'of noble birth or the true seed or well born'; in line with Charles Darwin's definition, eugenics is the self direction of human evolution which is precisely where Mengele's enthusiasm lay. Another definition of Eugenics is "The science of Human Improvement by better breeding," quoted by Francis Galton. (www.eugenics......) The main idea of eugenics is the control or elimination of people who do not have favourable genetic traits. The 'unfavourable' traits that Mengele did not want were exhibited by the Jews. Their dark colouring was unfavourable compared to that of a human with blue eyes and blond hair. (eugenics145) All eugenicist know that favourable traits are a result of the genes of the mother and the father and the environment which the subject lived in. Josef Mengel thought otherwise, he thought only Jews and Gypsies would get face gangrene (a disease which consumed the flesh off of a persons face) but in fact the reason was because of a bacterial infection. A lot of Mengele's experiments had no scientific derivation, he just did them to do them. When people questioned his motives he just shook his head and brushed them off while walking away. (nazi66) People argue that eugenics is a false science, it is about the selective prevention or encouragement of births for social, racial, or political ends. Adolf Hitler used eugenics to create a war. (www.eugenics) He thought the Jews were the route of all evil and therefore commenced to create concentration camps were thousands of Jews were executed, along with other races. Josef, seeing the logic in Hitler's statements, commenced to try and create the 'super race'.

to take tests on his subjects. Maybe he had the right idea but went about doing it the wrong way. Whatever he did wrong he was the symbol of the Nazis, evil, lurking, and always there. (Mengele 450)

But the memory of his power driven experiments lived on. The people which were his specimens ha miserable existence - if they lived. Everyday in the life of a twin was a contest. A contest to keep Mengele happy so they could breathe another breath of day. Everyday, every twin had to have blood drawn. Blood, often in large quantities, was taken from their arms and fingers, and sometimes both their arms at the same time. (Auscwitz97) The youngest children often suffered the most because of their small appendages. Blood was also drawn from their necks, a painful and frightening procedure. It was estimated that approximately ten cubic centimetres of blood was drawn daily from a twin. Besides having their blood sample taken everyday, they were to undergo various medical experiments. Since Hitler wanted a blue eyed blond hair race this was the main driving force

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