Josef Mengele was a Nazi officer and physician who performed experiments on inmates at Auschwitz. After the war, he escaped to South America under a false name and lived in Argentina and Paraguay. In 1979, he died of a stroke while swimming in Brazil, where he had been living under the name Wolfgang Gerhard. His remains were not identified until 1985 when German police searching for documents about his whereabouts found his body in his grave.

1. The
Flight
And
Death
Of
Josef
Mengel

2. • 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”.

3. In South America. . .
• 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.

4. Death of Josef Mengele
• 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

5. Meanwhile, in Europe. . .
• 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

6. Meanwhile, in Europe. . .
• 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