Poland advanced forwards to end the holocaust and knowing this, Mengele fled Auschwitz some time in mid January 1945 and attempted to disguise himself. Mengele disguised himself as a German infantry soldier as he moved west. On June 7, 1959, Germany made their first warrant for Mengele’s arrest. Mengele moved to Argentina and kept a low profile to continue to avoid arrest like his “co-workers” had. The Red Cross unknowingly helped Mengele achieve Italian residency papers, allowing him to flee from one South American country to another. After the war ended and Mengele moved to Argentina, he changed up his life. Mengele divorced Irene and married his brother, Karl’s widow, Martha. Mengele died of a stroke while swimming in the Sea of Brazil but was buried as Wolfgang, Mengele’s family later confirmed that “Wolfgang” was Mengele (“died”). Having a lot of aliases helped him escape the nuremberg trials, and helped him avoid arrest for so long, but death gets everyone eventually.
Although Mengele was married and had a child, he still managed to slaughter millions of people during the holocaust and escape arrest many times. Mengele seemed like a normal person like everybody else with a family and a job, but everybody has secrets and scary things about them. Your neighbor could be a sociopath just like Josef, and you would never know it because they seem average, like everyone else.
Although Mengele was married and had a child, he still managed to slaughter millions of people during the holocaust and escape arrest many times. Mengele seemed like a normal person like everybody else with a family and a job, but everybody has secrets and scary things about them. Your neighbor could be a sociopath just like Josef, and you would never know it because they seem average, like everyone else.