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The Angel of Death We have all heard about the tragedy of the Holocaust. Horrendous, atrocious, brutal. These are all words that are used to describe the endless suffering of the Jewish people. But what not many people know of are the dark and sinister scientists that were behind a lot of this genocide. Thousands of people, murdered. Not the citizens that were plastered on the headlines of every Newspaper, but the victims who suffered in silence. The innocent people that were tortured, degraded, and experimented on by one man: Dr. Josef Mengele. This man, or monster, rather, was no striking character in the beginning. Living his early life as the average-Joe, and the rest of it a criminal, he is raw proof that science, the beauty it is, can be used in the ugliest manner. Josef Mengele, born on March 16, 1911, was an ordinary man. Josef was the oldest brother of 3, and the son of Karl Mengele, who, as stated in Posner Ware’s novel Mengele: The Complete Story, founded a company , Karl Mengele and Sons that produced farming utensils. Just like many of today’s high school students, he studied hard and fell in love with the arts. Graduating in 1930, he was accepted to the University of Munich to study medicine (4-7). At the young age of 24, Mengele had achieved a Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, two short years later, at the Institute for Hereditary Biology and Racial Hygiene in Frankfurt, he was employed as theShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Essay1684 Words   |  7 Pagesup in stories such as â€Å"The Adventure of the Norwood Builder†, â€Å"The Dancing Men†, and â€Å"The Solitary Cyclist† (Cawthorne 33). His own mother even inspired â€Å"The Adventure of the Copper Beeches† and begged him not to kill off Sherlock Holmes. After the death of Sherlock Holmes, she even received a message from her son saying, â€Å"So now a long farewell to Sherl ock. He still lives, however, thanks to your entreaties† (Cawthorne 20). When he brought back Holmes in â€Å"The Hound of the Baskervilles†, he was inspiredRead MoreA Critical Review of â€Å"the Ambiguities of Football, Politics, Culture, and Social Transformation in Latin America† by Tamir Bar-on.14147 Words   |  57 Pagesattention, sponsors, fans, and salaries that the NBA (National Basketball Association) players get. Literature Review: Article 1: †¢ Title: â€Å"Toy for Boys? Women’s marginalization and Participation as Digital Gamers† by Garry Crawford and Victoria Gosling †¢ Connection to research problem: In this article, the authors suggest that women do not play video games (digital games) as much as men do and that this is mainly because the gaming industry views the concept of video games as belongingRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesRobert H. G. Lee, The Manchurian Frontier in Ch’ing History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970); Alan Moriyama, Imingaisha: Japanese Emigration Companies and Hawaii 1894–1908 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1985); James Reardon-Anderson, Reluctant Pioneers: China’s Expansion Northward, 1644–1937 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005); Michael Weiner, Race and Migration in Imperial Japan (London: Routledge, 1994). 25. Kingsley Davis, The Population of India and Pakistan (NewRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesLichtenstein, University of Massachusetts at Boston Robert Liden, University of Illinois at Chicago Don Lifton, Ithaca College Ginamarie Ligon, Villanova University Beth Livingston, University of Florida Barbara Low, Dominican University Doyle Lucas, Anderson University Alexandra Luong, University of Minnesota Rick Maclin, Missouri Baptist University Peter Madsen, Brigham Young University Lou Marino, University of Alabama Catherine Marsh, Northpark University J. David Martin, Midwestern State University