german march february german officer physician concentration camp world war notorious member team doctors responsible selection victims killed gas chambers performing deadly human experiments prisoners arrivals deemed able work admitted camp deemed unfit labor immediately killed gas chambers left january shortly arrival troops war fled south_america evaded capture rest life received medicine began career researcher joined initially assigned battalion medical officer start world war transferred concentration camp service early assigned saw opportunity conduct genetic research human subjects subsequent experiments focusing primarily twins regard health safety victims assisted network members sailed argentina july initially lived buenos_aires fled brazil sought west_germany israel nazi hunters brought trial spite requests west german government clandestine operations israeli intelligence agency capture drowned swimming brazilian coast buried false remains positively identified forensic examination early life education born eldest children march bavaria germany younger brothers father founder company producers farm machinery school developed interest music art skiing completed high school april went study medicine philosophy munich headquarters joined der paramilitary organisation absorbed storm detachment earned phd january racial frankfurt assistant scientist conducting research particular interest twins assistant focused genetic factors resulting lip chin thesis subject earned cum doctorate medicine degrees later rescinded issuing universities letter recommendation praised reliability ability verbally present complex material clear manner american author notes published works scientific mainstream time probably viewed valid scientific efforts outside borders nazi_germany july married met working medical resident leipzig son born military service ideology brought elements racial combined pan territorial goal obtaining living space people nazi_germany attempted obtain new territory attacking poland soviet_union intending kill jews living viewed inferior master race joined protection squadron received basic training mountain infantry called service german armed forces june months outbreak world war soon volunteered medical service combat arm served rank second lieutenant medical reserve battalion november assigned und race evaluating candidates june posted ukraine awarded iron cross second class january joined 5th division battalion medical officer rescued german soldiers burning tank awarded iron cross class black medal care german people seriously wounded action near don declared unfit active service recovery transferred berlin resumed association human promoted rank captain april early encouraged applied transfer concentration camp service opportunity undertake genetic research human subjects application accepted posted concentration camp appointed chief medical officer position chief physician family camp located sub camp late hitler decided jews europe originally intended house slave laborers combination labor camp camp prisoners transported rail german occupied europe arriving daily convoys july conducting selections incoming jews segregated deemed able work admitted camp deemed unfit labor immediately killed gas chambers group selected die quarters total included children women small children pregnant women elderly appeared brief superficial inspection doctor completely fit member team doctors assigned selections undertook work assigned hope finding subjects experiments particularly interested locating sets twins contrast doctors viewed undertaking selections horrible duties undertook task flamboyant air smiling tune doctors treat inmates supervised activities doctors forced work camp medical service weekly visits hospital barracks sent gas chambers prisoners recovered weeks bed member team doctors responsible supervising administration based kill people gas chambers served capacity gas chambers located outbreak disease mouth face broke camp initiated study determine cause disease develop treatment enlisted aid prisoner jewish professor isolated patients separate afflicted children killed preserved heads organs sent facilities study research ongoing camp remaining occupants killed response epidemic women camp cleared block jewish women sent gas chamber building cleaned occupants neighboring block given new clothing moved clean block process repeated barracks similar later scarlet fever diseases sick prisoners sent gas chambers efforts awarded war merit cross second class swords promoted physician human experimentation opportunity continue studies research inmates human experimentation experiments regard health safety victims particularly interested identical twins people eyes different colours people physical grant provided applied received regular reports shipments specimens grant build laboratory attached hungarian jewish arrived performed prepared specimens shipment laboratory twin research intended prove supremacy environment bolster nazi premise superiority race report twins studies motivated desire improve reproduction rate german race improving chances racially desirable people having twins research subjects better fed housed prisoners temporarily safe gas chambers established children subjects experiments children age facility provided better food living conditions areas camp included playground visiting child subjects introduced uncle offered personally responsible deaths unknown number victims killed lethal injection selections deadly experiments describes lacking extremely believing jews eliminated entirely inferior dangerous race son said father later showed remorse wartime activities prisoner doctor said capable kind children fond bring sugar think small details daily lives things genuinely admire smoke children tomorrow half hour going send lay twins subjected weekly examinations measurements physical attributes assistants experiments performed twins included unnecessary limbs intentionally twin diseases blood twin victims died undergoing procedures experiment twins killed bodies recalled occasion personally killed fourteen twins night injection heart twin died disease killed comparative post reports prepared experiments eyes included attempts change eye color chemicals eyes living subjects killing people eyes eyes removed sent berlin study experiments people physical included taking physical measurements drawing blood healthy teeth treatment unnecessary drugs rays victims sent gas chambers weeks skeletons sent berlin study sought pregnant women perform experiments sending gas chambers witness alexander described twins attempt create twins children died days suffering doctors transferred concentration camp january brought boxes specimens records experiments camp medical records destroyed captured january fled february week soviets arrived traveled westward disguised officer temporarily entrusted documents nurse struck relationship unit west avoid captured soviets taken prisoner war americans june initially registered allies distribution wanted lists fact usual blood group tattoo identified major war criminal list released end july obtained false papers documents later altered read months run including trip soviet occupied area recover records found work near worried capture mean trial death sentence fled germany april assisted network members traveled genoa obtained passport alias sailed argentina july wife refused accompany divorced south_america buenos_aires argentina worked carpenter residing boarding house suburb weeks moved house nazi affluent neighborhood florida buenos_aires worked salesman family farm equipment company beginning frequent trips sales representative region apartment center buenos_aires residence year family funds buy interest concern rented house suburb files released argentine government indicate practiced medicine license including performing living buenos_aires obtaining copy birth certificate west german embassy issued argentine foreign residence permit real document obtain west german passport real embarked visit europe met switzerland ski holiday son told uncle widowed sister law martha spent week home town return argentina september began living real martha son followed month later took residence couple married holiday bought house buenos_aires business interests included ownership company doctors questioned released suspicion practicing medicine license teenage girl died following abortion worried publicity lead nazi background wartime activities discovered took extended business trip granted citizenship returned buenos_aires times wrap business affairs visit family martha lived boarding house city december returned germany mentioned times trials allied forces convinced dead family said dead working west_germany nazi hunters collected information witnesses wartime activities search public records found divorce papers listing address buenos_aires pressured west german authorities drawing arrest warrant june starting proceedings initially argentina turned request fugitive longer living address given documents time approved june fled living farm near argentine border efforts director israeli intelligence agency personally led successful effort capture buenos_aires hoped track brought trial israel interrogation provided address boarding house safe house nazi surveillance house reveal members family neighborhood said recently receiving letters real relocated leaving address inquiries machine shop owner turn leads spite having provided legal documents real enabling residency argentina west_germany offered reward capture ongoing newspaper coverage wartime activities accompanied photographs fugitive led relocate pilot touch nazi supporter helped border brazil stayed farm near permanent accommodations found hungarian helped investment couple bought farm given job manager bought coffee cattle farm owning half interest initially told couple discovered true identity convinced report location authorities saying trouble fugitive west_germany tipped possibility relocated widened request include brazil february agents involved capture placed charge team agents tasked locating bringing trial israel inquiries gave clues whereabouts unable intercept correspondence wife martha living italy agents following movements produce leads team followed rural area near located european man believed reported findings logistics staging capture budgetary constraints need focus nation deteriorating relationship egypt led chief halt operation later life death bought house farm half owner returned germany seek medical treatment seriously ill wife son gave identity card falling late bought house invited bought rented seen father ski holiday visited found nazi claimed personally harmed duty health steadily deteriorating stroke high blood pressure ear infection impact balance visiting friends coastal resort february suffered stroke swimming drowned buried das identification card included sightings reported world claimed information placed greek island cairo spain eighteen years left insisted late years death alive offering reward capture worldwide interest case raised mock trial held jerusalem february featuring testimony victims experiments shortly governments west_germany israel united_states launched coordinated effort determine whereabouts rewards capture offered israeli west german governments acting tip received west german prosecutor office police raided house lifelong friend sales manager family firm found coded address book copies letters papers letter death german authorities notified police contacted interrogation revealed location grave remains june extensive forensic examination confirmed high degree probability body issued statement june admitting body father said news father death kept quiet protect people sheltered father years dna testing verified identity family refused remains repatriated germany remain stored legacy life inspiration novel film titled boys brazil fictional portrayed produces clones hitler clinic brazil united_states received donation album album photographs staff taken photographs include february page volume diary sold auction undisclosed sum grandson holocaust survivor unidentified previous owner acquired journals brazil reported close family holocaust survivors organization described sale cynical act exploitation aimed writings nazi criminals glad diary fall jewish hands time iran regularly denies holocaust anti hatred jews vogue acquisition especially significant said volumes diaries sold amidst protests auction house undisclosed collector world war memorabilia stay basis film german doctor lead role summary career number number primary positions medical physician concentration camp medical staff officer medical officer 5th medical officer battalion dates rank second class war merit cross second class swords eastern medal black social welfare decoration german sports badge bronze journal articles racial morphological examinations anterior portion lower jaw racial groups completed published earned phd work sought demonstrate structural differences lower jaws individuals different ethnic groups racial based differences studies medical earned doctorate medicine studying influence factor occurrence conducted research families exhibited traits multiple generations work included notes found family lines journal article published genetic physician focuses abnormal external ear hereditary trait noted individuals trait tend chin
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