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Josef Mengele
German physician and SS captain who served in Auschwitz, where he chose which prisoners would die and which ones would live as forced laborers. He is known as the "Angel of Death" for his infamous human experiments on camp inmates, especially children.
Name:
Josef Mengele
Publisher:
Real name:
Josef Rudolf Mengele
Aliases:
- Todesengel (Angel of Death)
Birth date:
March 16th, 1911
Gender:
Male
Powers:
- Intellect
First issue:
Southern Knights (1983) #11
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After World War II, Mengele spent a period living incognito in Germany, until he fled to South America where he evaded capture for the rest of his life - despite being hunted as a Nazi war criminal.