Documents reveal Nazi doctor Mengele lived in Argentina for years while authorities ignored it
Recently declassified documents from Argentine intelligence indicate that the authorities knew that the Nazi criminal and medical doctor Josef Mengele was hiding in the South American country, but did nothing to bring him to justice.
Mengele, the “Angel of Death,” was known for his cruel abuse of concentration camp prisoners under the guise of medical research. According to the newly released documents, the authorities knew that Mengele entered Argentina in 1949 using an Italian passport.
The documents further reveal that in 1956, he approached the West German Embassy in Buenos Aires in order to obtain his birth certificate, using his original name.
According to the documents, the authorities knew that Mengele lived for years in one of Buenos Aires’ suburbs and that in 1959 he married his brother’s widow.
That same year, a local judge rejected a request from West Germany to extradite Mengele.
Eventually, the Nazi criminal left Argentina and moved to Brazil, where he died in 1979. His grave was discovered only in 1985.
Mengele never expressed remorse for his actions and claimed that the decisions in the death camps had been made by others.
The person who pushed for the publication of the documents – forcing Argentina to confront the affair – was President Javier Milei.
Itamar Margalit is a news correspondent for KAN 11
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