Born as the eldest son, on March 16, 1911, in Gunzburg, Germany, Josef Mengele. His father was a very rich entrepreneur of an agricultural equipment manufacturing company. Josef was raised strictly Catholic. He was subsequently accepted at the University of Munich and obtained a degree in philosophy. He then earned a medical degree at the University of Frankfurt am Main, focusing on physical anthropology and genetics (Killer File). “In January 1937, at the Institute of Hereditary Biology and Racial Hygiene in Frankfurt, he became assistant to Dr. Otmar von Verschuer, a leading scientific figure widely known for his research on twins” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ). In 1937 Josef Mengele graduated in medicine and decided to join the Nazi party. This is where a man who everyone perceived as intelligent, intelligent and kind transformed into what would soon be called "the angel of death". Soon after joining the Nazi Party, Dr. Mengele is believed to have worked as medical personnel who were concentrated in the Central Immigration Office. At this time the idea of ​​the Aryan Race was still fully developed. Hitler would soon make his idea of ​​a “final solution” a reality. This included “the extermination of Jews, gypsies, Slavs, homosexuals, communists and other undesirables” (Killer File). Mengele was subsequently wounded during the campaign and subsequently returned to Germany in January 1943. In April 1943 Josef Mengele was appointed SS captain of the Nazi Party and was soon transferred to Auschwitz (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Most people do not realize that Josef Mengele was not the only doctor at Auschwitz nor was he the highest ranking doctor there. According to...... half of the document......burg, located Mengele's grave and exhumed his corpse” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Dr. Josef Mengele had escaped his captors for 34 years and spent the rest of his life a free and happy man. Works Cited Amen. Director Costa Gavras. 2002. DVD"Josef Mengele." killer file. Anyway, April 30th. 2001. Network. April 21. 2014. . (File killer)"Josef Mengele." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, June 1. 2013. Web. 1 21 April 2014. . (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)"The secret diaries of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele offer a glimpse into the twisted mind." Mirror. NP, July 30, 2011. Web. April 21. 2014. . (Secret diaries)