MENGELE The Complete Story

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believe that Mengele never wrote
y record of it might help identify
'lanation for the absence of any achas
never seen any writing by his
2s not believe that any exists. We
s of letters that Mengele sent to
any, and their replies, from 1973
3 were destroyed by the Mengele
Mengele's own thoughts, together
-o us by members of his family and
in what he did at Auschwitz. It is
ck of remorse that is so astounding.
y in the banality of Mengele's evil.
:harmed escape from the Allies and
'ully stay on the run for thirty-five
separate fantasy from reality. It is a
sef Mengele's life, from his silverhis
pauper's grave in Brazil sixtyhe
efforts, and the lack of them, to
,e have provided many answers to
mrtant question of all: Why was he
of a joint enterprise. John Ware, a
volved in the Mengele case in 1977
ntary for the "World in Action"
da Television. Gerald Posner, a
in 1981 during his pro bono legal
or the surviving twins who had been
'nts. Ware and Posner joined forces
lourished despite the transatlantic
one, written more in despair than
;ele was not punished for his crimes.
:s, biding his time in a succession of
:s—a nasty old man consumed with
ith his family who shielded him so
chance was missed to confront the
Preface
powerful Mengele family, living in dynastic isolation from the rest
of the civilized world. The real travesty is that by their failure to
pursue Mengele when he was alive, the governments of West Germany,
Israel, and the United States—as well as those of Argentina,
Paraguay, and Brazil—robbed the world of a chance to explore the
mind of a man who was the very personification of evil.
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