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Notorious Nazi doctor, \u2018Angel of Death\u2019 Josef Mengele, spent the last twenty years of his life on the run. His remains were recovered in S\xe3o Paulo on 6th June, 1985, when Brazilian Police dug up the grave of a man named \u201cWolfgang Gerhard\u201d - later proven to be Mengele, who\u2019d drowned at a beach resort at the age of 68.\nMengele, responsible for sending up to 400,000 Jews to their deaths at Auschwitz, was able to escape to Argentina via Italy after the War, even living freely under his real name for a period, before Mossad and \u2018Nazi Hunter\u2019 Simon Wiesenthal began hunting him down more assiduously.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly reveal how frustratingly close Israel\u2019s secret services came to capturing him in his lifetime; explain how he was able to live under cover in South America for decades; and consider the irony of what finally happened to his skeleton\u2026\nContent Warning: depictions of Auschwitz, Holocaust torture techniques\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Son Says Mengele's Dead, Tells Why He Kept Silent : Learned of Death in 1979\u2019 (Los Angeles Times, 1985): https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-06-11-mn-10339-story.html\n\u2022 \u2018How did the infamous Josef Mengele escape punishment?\u2019 (The Spectator, 2020): https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-did-the-infamous-josef-mengele-escape-punishment/\n\u2022 \u2018Confirming the remains of Josef Mengele\u2019 (NBC, 1985): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m46WUDwxxpA\n#Nazis #Racism #Jewish #WW2 #Brazil #80s\nLove the show? Join\xa0\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\xa0\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Patreon.\xa0Thanks!\n\xa0\nWe'll be back tomorrow! podfollow.com/Retrospectors\n\xa0\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices