The

Flight

And

Death

Of

Josef

Mengel

e

• He was transferred from Auschwitz to Gross Rosen; then, he was moved to a medical unit in Bohemia.

• Mengele was taken as a prisoner of war by the Americans; he was later released in June 1945 under the name “Fritz Hollmann”.

I n S ou t h A m e r i c a . . .• In Buenos Aires, he lived a relaxed lifestyle along with other Nazis (i.e. Hans-Ulrich Rudel and Adolf Eichmann).

•1962: move to Paraguay under the name of “Jose Mengele”

•Israeli Mossad spotted Mengele, but since they were still in an operation with Eichmann, they decided to get him later.

• He then moved to Nova Europa.

D e a t h o f J o s e f M e n g e l e

• His last relocation was to Sao Paulo in Brazil.

•died on February 7, 1979 in Bertioga, Brazil from a stroke while swimming in a sea

• buried in Embu das Artes under the name “Wolfgang Gerhard” whose ID he had been using since 1976

M e a n w h i l e , i n E u r o p e . . .

• name was mentioned several times during Nuremberg trials

• arrest warrant issued by German authorities

• 1985: German police search for documents that lead to his whereabouts

• body found on June 6, 1985 at his grave

M e a n w h i l e , i n E u r o p e . . .

• name was mentioned several times during Nuremberg trials

• arrest warrant issued by German authorities

• 1985: German police search for documents that lead to his whereabouts

• body found on June 6, 1985 at his grave