"Josef Mengele was a Nazi physician who performed sadistic experiments on Jewish people at the Auschwitz death camp. After the war ended, the so-called "Angel of Death," who was gaining infamy for his murderous exploits in the name of science, managed to evade capture in Germany and escaped to Argentina with the help of former fellow members of the SS the Nazi regime's elite guard. This is the starting point for "The Disappearance of Josef Mengele,""
"In pursuit of justice While Nazi architects of the Holocaust like Adolf Eichmann ultimately faced justice and execution thousands of others escaped to South America with the support of collaborators, German immigrant sympathizers and in the case of Argentina, the help of president Juan Peron, an ally of European fascism. "The Disappearance of Josef Mengele" begins in 1956 as the German war criminal is"
Josef Mengele performed sadistic experiments on Jewish people at Auschwitz, where more than one million were murdered. After World War II, Mengele evaded capture in Germany and fled to Argentina with help from former SS members and sympathizers. The German-language film directed by Kirill Serebrennikov follows his escape from Buenos Aires through Brazil to Paraguay, starting in 1956 when he lives under the alias Helmut Gregor. The story is based on Olivier Guez's 2017 book and debuted at Cannes. The narrative contrasts high-profile prosecutions like Eichmann's with thousands who escaped with state and collaborator support, and shows how money, connections and disguise enabled Mengele's evasion.
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