Marwell, David George,
Mengele : unmasking the "Angel of Death" / Unmasking the "Angel of Death" David G. Marwell. - First edition. - xvi, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references(pages 353-417) and index.
Booklist, December 01, 2019 Library Journal, December 01, 2019 Publishers Weekly, November 25, 2019 Kirkus Reviews, November 15, 2019
"A gripping account of the infamous Nazi doctor, from a former Justice Department official tasked with uncovering his fate. One of the most notorious war criminals of all time, Dr. Josef Mengele has come to symbolize both the evil of the Nazi regime and the failure of justice in the postwar world. Drawing on new scholarship and sources, historian David G. Marwell examines Mengele's life and career, chronicling his university studies, which led to two PhDs and a promising career as a scientist; his wartime service, in combat and at Auschwitz, where his "selections" determined the fate of countless innocents and his "scientific" pursuits resulted in the traumatization and death of thousands more; and his postwar refuge in Germany and South America. Mengele describes the international search in 1985, which ended in a cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the dogged forensic investigation that produced overwhelming evidence that Mengele had died-but failed to convince those who, arguably, most wanted him dead. This is a story of science without limits, escape without freedom, and resolution without justice."--
0393609537 : $30.00
2019033220
Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979.
Waffen-SS. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking," 5.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
War criminals--Germany--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
Physicians--Germany--Biography.
DD247.M46 / M37 2020
940.53/18092 B 920.9/9405318
Mengele : unmasking the "Angel of Death" / Unmasking the "Angel of Death" David G. Marwell. - First edition. - xvi, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references(pages 353-417) and index.
Booklist, December 01, 2019 Library Journal, December 01, 2019 Publishers Weekly, November 25, 2019 Kirkus Reviews, November 15, 2019
"A gripping account of the infamous Nazi doctor, from a former Justice Department official tasked with uncovering his fate. One of the most notorious war criminals of all time, Dr. Josef Mengele has come to symbolize both the evil of the Nazi regime and the failure of justice in the postwar world. Drawing on new scholarship and sources, historian David G. Marwell examines Mengele's life and career, chronicling his university studies, which led to two PhDs and a promising career as a scientist; his wartime service, in combat and at Auschwitz, where his "selections" determined the fate of countless innocents and his "scientific" pursuits resulted in the traumatization and death of thousands more; and his postwar refuge in Germany and South America. Mengele describes the international search in 1985, which ended in a cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the dogged forensic investigation that produced overwhelming evidence that Mengele had died-but failed to convince those who, arguably, most wanted him dead. This is a story of science without limits, escape without freedom, and resolution without justice."--
0393609537 : $30.00
2019033220
Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979.
Waffen-SS. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking," 5.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
War criminals--Germany--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
Physicians--Germany--Biography.
DD247.M46 / M37 2020
940.53/18092 B 920.9/9405318