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How did the infamous Josef Mengele escape punishment?

24 January 2020

10:00 PM

24 January 2020

10:00 PM

Mengele: Unmasking the ‘Angel of Death’ David G. Marwell

W.W. Norton, pp.432, £23.99

The atrocities of the concentration camp at Auschwitz–Birkenau are now universally known, but it is still almost beyond belief that Auschwitz could exist in modern Europe. The history of the camp is a comparatively recent one: construction began in April 1940, less than 80 years ago, and the first victims died there, or were killed, not long after.

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