

Josef Mengele: Hunting a Nazi Criminal
Josef Mengele was the twisted doctor infamous for torturing the prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp with his deadly human experiments. After WWII, he was hunted down by the Allies in a 34-year-long manhunt criss-crossing the globe, to no avail. The story of this manhunt begins in 1945, when the Allies take Berlin.
Josef Mengele was the twisted doctor infamous for torturing the prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp with his deadly human experiments. After WWII, he was hunted down by the Allies in a 34-year-long manhunt criss-crossing the globe, to no avail. The story of this manhunt begins in 1945, when the Allies take Berlin.
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