Josef Mengele

Josef Mengele, born on March 16, 1911 in a small town in Germany called Gunzburg. His parents were Karl and Walburga. Mengele was the second son of a well to do Bavarian industrialist whose family still runs an implement factory in Germany. Shortly after Josef’s birth, his family became wealthy because his father became sole owner of a factory that made farm equipment. The business prospered and his family became the most powerful family in town.

While Mengele was growing up, his parents were frequently absent. They were always tending to the family business . As a child, he expressed his desire to stand out from other members of his quarrelsome family and become successful on his own ; And away from the family.

As a teenager in 1930 , Mengele completed high school and left to study medicine at Munich University in Germany. Mengele was an excellent student, his favorite subject was anthropology, the study of the origin development and behavior of humankind. In his teens, he b...