Josef Mengele
1911 to 1979
8 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Josef Mengele across 7 places, from 1911 to 1974. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Josef Mengele (16 March 1911 to 7 February 1979), often dubbed the "Angel of Death", was a German military officer and physician during World War II at the Soviet front and then at Auschwitz during the Holocaust.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Josef Mengele was documented, and when
16 March 1911exact date
Günzburgattested
“Mengele was born into a Catholic family in Günzburg, Bavaria, on 16 March 1911, the eldest of three sons of Walburga (née Hupfauer) and Karl Mengele.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
April 1930month
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Münchenattested
“He completed secondary school in April 1930 and went on to study medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
1933 to 1935period
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Münchenattested
“He spent part of 1933 studying at the University of Vienna, and earned his PhD in anthropology from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 1935, studying for four years under Theodor Mollison, a physical anthropologist and propone…”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
1933 to 1935period
University of Viennaattested
“He spent part of 1933 studying at the University of Vienna, and earned his PhD in anthropology from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 1935, studying for four years under Theodor Mollison, a physical anthropologist and propone…”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
17 April 1949exact date
Germanyattested
“He left Germany on 17 April 1949, convinced that his capture would mean a trial and death sentence.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
July 1949month
Genoaattested
“Assisted by a network of former SS members, he used the ratline to travel to Genoa, where he obtained a passport from the International Committee of the Red Cross under the alias "Helmut Gregor", and sailed to Argentina in July 1949.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
May 1959month
Paraguayattested
“He moved to Paraguay sometime before May 1959 and received his citizenship under the name José Mengele.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
1974year
São Pauloattested
“The Stammers' friendship with Mengele deteriorated in late 1974, and when they bought a house in São Paulo, he was not invited to join them.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
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Places Josef Mengele is documented in
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München2 presences · 1930 to 1933Genoa1 presence · 1949Germany1 presence · 1949Paraguay1 presence · 1959São Paulo1 presence · 1974University of Vienna1 presence · 1933
Günzburg1 presence · 1911
Other places tied to Josef Mengele in the record
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January 1937month
Goethe University Frankfurtmentioned
“In January 1937, he joined the Institute for Hereditary Biology and Racial Hygiene at Goethe University Frankfurt, where he worked for Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, a German geneticist with a particular interest in researching twins.”
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28 July 1939exact date
Leipzigmentioned
“On 28 July 1939, Mengele married Irene Schönbein, whom he had met while working as a medical resident in Leipzig.”
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1942year
Rostov-on-Donmentioned
“In mid-1942, he was seriously wounded in action near Rostov-on-Don and declared unfit for further active service.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
November 1942month
Ukrainementioned
“The unit continued to see action in Ukraine and Russia as part of Case Blue (June to November 1942) and was ordered to move towards Stalingrad in late December.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
November 1942month
Stalingradmentioned
“The unit continued to see action in Ukraine and Russia as part of Case Blue (June to November 1942) and was ordered to move towards Stalingrad in late December.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
1943year
Berlinmentioned
“For four months in early 1943, he again worked as an assistant to Verschuer, who was now at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics in Berlin.”
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1943year
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenicsmentioned
“For four months in early 1943, he again worked as an assistant to Verschuer, who was now at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics in Berlin.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
May 1943month
Auschwitz concentration campmentioned
“Mengele's application was accepted and he was posted to Auschwitz in May 1943, where he was appointed by SS- Eduard Wirths, chief medical officer at Auschwitz, to the position of chief physician of the Romani family camp at Auschwitz II-…”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
17 January 1945exact date
Gross-Rosen concentration campmentioned
“Along with several other Auschwitz doctors, Mengele transferred to Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Lower Silesia on 17 January 1945, taking with him two boxes of specimens and the records of his experiments at Auschwitz.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
17 January 1945exact date
Auschwitzmentioned
“Along with several other Auschwitz doctors, Mengele transferred to Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Lower Silesia on 17 January 1945, taking with him two boxes of specimens and the records of his experiments at Auschwitz.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
July 1949month
International Committee of the Red Crossmentioned
“Assisted by a network of former SS members, he used the ratline to travel to Genoa, where he obtained a passport from the International Committee of the Red Cross under the alias "Helmut Gregor", and sailed to Argentina in July 1949.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
July 1949month
Argentinamentioned
“Assisted by a network of former SS members, he used the ratline to travel to Genoa, where he obtained a passport from the International Committee of the Red Cross under the alias "Helmut Gregor", and sailed to Argentina in July 1949.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
1951year
Paraguaymentioned
“He next worked as a salesman for his family's farm equipment company, Karl Mengele & Sons, and in 1951, he began making frequent trips to Paraguay as a regional sales representative for the firm.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
1954year
Düsseldorfmentioned
“His wife refused to accompany him, and they divorced by proxy in Düsseldorf in 1954.”
source: Wikipedia: Josef Mengele
September 1956month
1958year
1958year
2 October 1958exact date
25 February 1959exact date
1960 to 1978period
1960 to 1978period
1960 to 1978period
May 1960month
October 1960month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Ante PavelićParaguay · 1959Adolf LoosUniversity of Vienna · 1933Samuel BarberUniversity of Vienna · 1933Lars AhlforsUniversity of Vienna · 1933Ilya PrigogineGermany · 1949Karl ZieglerGermany · 1949Hank WilliamsGermany · 1949
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