Dr. Mengele
The life story of Josef Mengele is one that is filled many twists and turns that play out like a suspense story with an ending that does not seem to fit what one would expect. The authors of the book Mengele: The Complete Story, Gerald L. Posner and John Ware, wrote this book largely with information taken from diaries and letters of Mengele's, and interviews with those who knew him. It is a look into the life and times of a man whose nickname was "The Angel of Death." Josef's life and post-mortem fate could be divided into three different chapters. His pre-war life and life during World War II was one of privilege and freedom to satisfy his perverse desire to perform bizarre and mostly useless medical experiments on unwilling participants in Nazi death camps. His post-war life consisted of being constantly on the run; a lonely and depressed fugitive wanted by countries worldwide for the atrocities he committed against Jews, Poles, Gypsies, and others during World War II. His lonely death by drowning, in Brazil, and humiliating post-mortem fate suited the man well. Although this report might seem to follow a chronological order, it is not simply a telling of a life story. It is a look into who Josef Mengele was, and how he change
For the sake of the civilized world's peace of mind, these scientists had performed one worthwhile experiment on an unworthy life. (p. 325 par. 6) "One day SS men came and took two children away. They were two of my pets, Tito and Nino. One of them was a hunchback. Two or three days later, an SS man brought them back in a terrible state. They had been cut. The hunchback was sewn to the other child, back to back, their wrists back to back too. There was a terrible smell of gangrene. The cuts were dirty and the children cried every night."(P.37 par.4) The authors of this book were mostly non-judgmental of the actions and life of Josef Mengele. They wrote this biography without being critical of what he had done, simply displaying the facts of what happened. The stories they presented of the horrors he committed spoke for themselves without the authors having to condemn him. The only element of judgment by the authors appeared in the last paragraph of the book. It followed the revelation that a skeleton thought to be Mengele's had proven to be genuine by using DNA testing. It went as follows: At the end of his life, Mengele was still the same man he always was. He had been humbled by his life of simplicity, yet the arrogance and bitterness he showed as a young SS doctor were still present. Although Mengele evaded capture and was never brought to trial, it does not mean he was never punished. If Mengele had been put to death, his life would have been over, without any further suffering. Mengele lived, and his life of loneliness, isolation, and alienation from his family and the ones he loved was much more painful than had he been put out of his misery years earlier. With his life a waste, all his aspirations dead, and his spirit weakened, Mengele's life was his punishment.
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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