Why Did Josef Mengele Misuse His Medical Knowledge During the Holocaust?

January 27, 2015

(Slate) – Answer by Kiel Majewski, executive director, CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, the only organization dedicated to the memory of the twin victims and survivors of medical experimentation at Auschwitz: In my analysis of Josef Mengele, which I and my colleagues performed in the course of developing an exhibit about him, I can see three main reasons why Mengele “misused his knowledge,” as the question says.