Josef Mengele1949
Departs for Argentina
Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Departs for Argentina
Moves to Paraguay while evading capture for Nazi war crimes.
Mengele moves to Brazil
West Germany, Israel & the USA announce a combined effort to track down Josef Mengele. Mengele becomes the worlds most sought-after fugitive with a bounty of $4 million
Mengeles body is exhumed from a grave in Sao Paolo
Investigators believe they have discoverred Mengeles body
DNA tests confirm the discovery of Mengeles body
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