Josef Mengele
Josef Mengele was German physician and SS captain.He was born March 16, 1911. At the age of twenty-four, he earned a PhD in physical anthropology in Munich. He later became an assistant to a scientist that was famous for his research on twins. In 1937, he joined the Nazi party. He was drafted into the army three years later and started as a medical expert for the Race and Settlement Main Office. In 1943, he was named SS garrison physician (Standortartz) of Auschwitz. In that capacity, he was responsible for the selection of those fit to work and those destined for gassing. Mengele also carried out human experiments on camp inmates, especially twins.