Mengele: The Complete Story

Gerald L. Posner · John Ware

Aug 2000 · Cooper Square Press

About this ebook

Based on exclusive and unrestricted access to more than 5,000 pages of personal writings and family photos, this definitive biography of German physician and SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele (1911-1979) probes the personality and motivations of Auschwitz's "Angel of Death." From May 1943 through January 1945, Mengele selected who would be gassed immediately, who would be worked to death, and who would serve as involuntary guinea pigs for his spurious and ghastly human experiments (twins were Mengele's particular obsession). With authority and insight, Mengele examines the entire life of the world's most infamous doctor.

Ratings and reviews

Definitely interesting, however, I have a hard time fully believing the Jewish side of this story. Every story has 3 sides, minimum. In this case, the Jewish side, the Nazi side, and the truth. I am fascinated by Mengele myself though, too. I do believe that Himmler and certain others such as Mengele were behind the holocaust. I honestly don't believe Hitler was the the truly evil problem with the Nazis. He wanted to deport Germany's Jews because of legitimate quarrels with media and banks in Weimar Germany. Nobody would take them, so I personally think that Himmler had the idea, and Hitler simply turned a blind eye because of a passionate, patriotic love of his home country and heritage. Just a little something to ponder. Also, Mein Kampf gave me a very different image of Hitler. People who instinctually hate the man should read his actual words before judging him the most evil man to live. Josef Stalin killed 20 million White Russian Christians, and by the way, the Communist Bolsheviks were almost ENTIRELY ethnic Jews (NOT religious Jews).

One wonders to this day,same thing different cause/banner objective the same if it is something you do not understand or are afraid of-- then eradicate. Moron's.

Could not be more interested in what went on in his head. If you skip through his experiments you cannot get the full effect of this segment of history.

About the author

Gerald L. Posner is the bestselling author of Hitler's Children, Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK, and Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. He lives in New York City. Producer and author John Ware lives in London.