Mengele, Josef Rudolf
- Date of birth:
- March 16th, 1911 (Günzburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 7th, 1979 (Bertioga, Brasil)
- Service number:
- NSDAP-Nr. 5.574.974 / SS-Nr. 3.17.885
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- June 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 5. SS-Panzer-Division „Wiking“, Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- 1942
For saving two German soldiers from a burning tank
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Völklein, U., Josef Mengele. Der Arzt von Auschwitz (1999)
- Levin, I., The Boys from Brazil (1976)
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