History and chronology of Josef Mengele in Germany

General

Military
World War, 2nd

Events

Arrest
Birth
Bounty
Chief Medical Officer
Death
Education
Exhumation
Exile
Marriage
Medical Officer
SS

Places

Auschwitz
Sao Paolo

Josef Mengele History of Germany


1911	Birth
16th Nov Birth of Josef Mengele
1938	Education
Obtains a doctorate in medicine
1938	SS
Appointed Member of the SS
1942	SS
Appointed SS-Hauptsturmfhrer, Captain
1943	Chief Medical Officer
Aug Auschwitz Appointed Chief Doctor at Birkenau by Henrich Himmler
1943	Medical Officer Mengele
24th May Auschwitz Appointed Medical Officer at Auschwitz-Birkenau, gains the nickname "Angel of Death"
1946	Arrest
Arrested by the Allies but mistakenly released
1949	Exile of Mengele
Departs for Argentina
1958	Marriage
Mengele marries his brother's widow in Argentina
1959	Exile of Mengele
Mengele moves to Paraguay
1960	Exile of Mengele
Mengele moves to Brazil
1979	Death
7th Feb Death of Josef Mengele
1985	Bounty Mengele
24th May Mengele becomes the world's most sought-after fugitive with a bounty of $4 million
1985	Exhumation Mengele
6th June Sao Paolo Body of Nazi criminal, Dr. Josef Mengele located and exhumed
1985	Exile of Mengele
24th May Mengele becomes the world's most sought-after fugitive with a bounty of $4 million
24th May West Germany, Israel & the USA announce a combined effort to track down Josef Mengele
6th June Sao Paolo Mengele's body is exhumed from a grave in Sao Paolo
21st June Investigators believe they have discoverred Mengele's body
1992	Exile of Mengele
Sao Paolo DNA tests confirm the discovery of Mengele's body