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Author:
David G. Marwell
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Date:
January 28, 2020
An in-depth biography of the infamous Nazi doctor, from the former Justice Department official tasked with uncovering his fate.
What The Reviewers Say
In February 1985 the historian David G. Marwell was working at the US Department of Justice when he was assigned to join an international search for Mengele, then believed still to be alive. Marwell already had access to Mengele’s correspondence and diaries and, remarkably, the text of what appeared to be an autobiographical novel.
David Marwell has been thinking about Mengele for a long time.
What specifically distinguishes Marwell’s account from previous studies concerns his personal involvement in the Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations (O.S.I.) and the search for and identification of Mengele. Much of the volume is taken up with Mengele’s escape to, and life in, various South American countries and the bungled attempts to locate and capture him.
Marwell...has deeply researched Mengele’s life.
