1. Mengele-Post (Mengele & Sons newsletter), No. 3/72, #5, November 1972.
2. Judge Horst von Glasenapp, interviewed by John Ware for “The Hunt for Dr. Mengele,” World in Action program, Granada Television (London), November 1978.
3. Julius Diesbach, interviewed in Siete Dias (Buenos Aires), March 26, 1980, p. 24.
4. Dr. Norman Stone, personal interview by authors, June 1985.
5. Josef Mengele autobiography, in possession of Mengele family.
6. Ibid.
7. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by authors, August 1985.
8. Kommunistische Arbeiterzeitung (Communist Worker’s Paper), No. 203–204, Oct. 23, 1985, p. 14.
9. Mengele-Post (see n. 1).
10. Prof. Hans Grebe, personal interview by S. Jones and K. Rattan, May 1985.
11. Arthur Gutt, Ernst Rudin, and Falk Ruttke, Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses (The Law for the Prevention of the Spread of Congenital Illness) (Munich: Lehmann Publishing, 1936), p. 60.
12. Heinz Höhne, The Order of the Death’s Head (New York: Ballantine, 1971), p. 742.
13. Letter: Mengele to Rolf and Almuth Mengele, 1978.
14. Ulrich Volkstein, in Stern magazine (Hamburg), June 20, 1985, p. 16.
15. Benno Müller-Hill, Todliche Wissenschaft: Die Aussonderung von Junden, Zigunern und Geisteskranken 1933–1945 (The Deadly Science: The Selection of Jews, Gypsies and the Mentally Ill) (Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1984), p. 39.
16. Helmut von Verschuer, personal interview by the authors, June 1985.
17. Flora Schreiber, “The Satanic Dr. Mengele,” The New York Times Syndication Service, May 4, 1975.
18. Berlin Document Center file: SS Ahnentafel (SS Family Tree Evaluation).
19. Book review by Josef Mengele in Der Erbarzt 1940 of Grundzuge der Erbkunde und Rassenpflege (Fundamentals of Genetic and Racial Hygiene) by L. Stenel–von Rutkowski.
20. Book review by Josef Mengele in Der Erbarzt 1940 of Ueber Vererbung angeborener Herzfehler (Hereditary Heart Defects), published from Vererbungs- und Konstitutionslehre (Principles of Heredity and Constitution), Bd. 23, S.695. by G. v. Knorre.
21. Andreas Hillgruber, interviewed in Bunte magazine (Munich), June 20, 1985.
22. Letter: Irene Mengele to Herrn Wahl, August 15, 1941, in possession of S. Jones and K. Rattan.
23. Robert L. Koehl, RKFDV: German Resettlement and Population Policy 1939–1945 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957), pp. 64–65.
24. Berlin Document Center file on Josef Mengele.
25. Müller-Hill, Todliche Wissenschaft, pp. 112–113.
26. Ibid.
1. Miklos Nyiszli, Auschwitz, A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account (London: Granada Books, 1973), p. 23.
2. Rudolf Hoess, Commandant of Auschwitz (London: Pan Books, 1961), p. 126.
3. Nyiszli, Auschwitz, p. 36.
4. Hoess, Commandant, p. 216.
5. Ibid., p. 218.
6. Benjamin B. Ferencz, Less Than Slaves (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1979), p. 24.
7. KL Auschwitz, Seen by the SS, 2nd ed., (Poland: Panstwowe Museum in Oswiecimin, 1978), pp. 215, 218.
8. Hoess, Commandant, pp. 175–176.
9. Berlin Document Center file on Josef Mengele: Einstellungsverfugung, SS-und Polizeigericht XV Breslau (Order of Suspension of the Judicial Proceedings by the SS Court in Breslau), September 28, 1943.
10. Arrest warrant and indictment issued in Frankfurt am Main on January 19, 1981, by the Landgericht 22. Strafkammer (State Court Number 22), file number (22)50/L Js340/68.
11. Berlin Document Center file on Josef Mengele: Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamp, Aerztlicher Untersuchungsbogen (Questionnaire of the Race and Resettlement Office).
12. Dr. Ella Lingens, personal interview by S. Jones and K. Rattan, February 14,1984.
13. Berlin Document Center file on Josef Mengele: Beurteioung des Standortarztes (Assessment of the SS District Doctor).
14. Nyiszli, Auschwitz, p. 111.
15. Olga Lengyel, Five Chimneys (London: Granada, 1972), p. 152.
16. Nyiszli, Auschwitz, p. 52.
17. Flora Schreiber, “The Satanic Dr. Mengele,” The New York Times Syndication, May 4, 1975.
18. Ibid.
19. Lengyel, Five Chimneys, p. 153.
20. Michael Bar-Zohar, The Avengers (London: A Baker, 1968), p. 234.
21. Ella Lingens, Prisoners of Fear (London: Gollancz, 1948), p. 77.
22. West German indictment (see n. 10).
23. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
24. Dr. Hans Münch, personal interview by the authors, June 1985.
25. Irene Hizme, interviewed in People magazine, June 24, 1985, p. 65.
26. René Slotkin, interviewed in People magazine, June 24, 1985, p. 65.
27. Dr. Martina Puzyna, personal interview by the authors, June 1985.
28. International War Crimes Group, Sworn Statements, Volume IV, file number 000–50–37708, October 2, 1947, maintained in National Archives, Washington, D.C.
29. Bernd Naumann, Auschwitz (London: Pall Mall Press, 1966), p. 272.
30. Rolf Mengele interview (see n. 23).
31. West German indictment (see n. 10).
32. Münch interview (see n. 24).
33. West German indictment (see n. 10).
34. Benno Müller-Hill, Todliche Wissenschaft: Die Aussonderung von Juden, Zigunem und Geisteskranken 1933–1945 (The Deadly Science: The Selection of Jews, Gypsies and the Mentally Ill 1933–1945) (Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1984), p. 23.
35. Nyiszli, Auschwitz, p. 28.
36. Ibid., p. 37.
37. Vexler Jancu, sworn statement given to Judge Horst von Glasenapp, Frankfurt prosecutor’s file on Josef Mengele, March 13, 1973.
38. Vera Kreigel, personal interview by the authors, November 16, 1985.
39. Müller-Hill, Todliche Wissenschaft, p. 164.
40. Vera Alexander, interviewed by Central Television (London) for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” October 1985.
41. West German indictment (see n. 10).
42. Puzyna interview (see n. 27).
43. Ibid.
44. Vera Alexander interview (see n. 40).
45. Testimony of unidentified survivor before six-person tribunal/mock trial of Josef Mengele, Jerusalem, February 1985.
46. Ibid.
47. Nyiszli, Auschwitz, p. 53.
48. Prof. Yehuda Bauer, interviewed by Central Television (London) for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” October 1985.
49. Nyiszli, Auschwitz, p. 54.
50. Robert Jay Lifton, “What Made This Man Mengele,” New York Times Magazine, July 21, 1985, p. 22.
51. Nyiszli, Auschwitz, p. 55.
52. Müller-Hill, Todliche Wissenschaft, p. 114.
53. Nyiszli, Auschwitz, p. 132.
54. Müller-Hill, Todliche Wissenschaft, p. 83.
55. Nyiszli, Auschwitz, p. 126.
56. Münch interview (see n. 24).
57. Lengyel, Five Chimneys, p. 152.
58. Eva Kor, interviewed by Central Television (London) for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” February 1985.
59. Puzyna interview (see n. 27).
60. Ernst Michel, interviewed in People magazine, June 24, 1985, p. 68.
61. West German indictment (see n. 10).
62. Puzyna interview (see n. 27).
63. Schreiber, “The Satanic Dr. Mengele” (see n. 17).
64. Annani Silovich Pet’ko, sworn statement to the State Prosecutor, Moscow, September 1973.
65. Gisella Perl, I Was a Doctor in Auschwitz (New York: International Universities Press, 1948), pp. 110–111.
66. Ibid., p. 122.
67. West German indictment (see n. 10).
68. Lifton, “What Made This Man Mengele,” p. 23.
69. Transcript of Session 68 of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, Jerusalem, July 6, 1961.
70. West German indictment (see n. 10).
71. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by authors, July 1985.
72. KL Auschwitz, pp. 278–279.
73. Evaluation Report on Josef Mengele, Garrison Commander’s Office, Auschwitz, August 19, 1944, maintained as part of the Berlin Document Center file on Josef Mengele, West Berlin.
74. Nyiszli, Auschwitz, p. 75.
75. Evaluation Report (see n. 73).
76. Irene Mengele, written statement to authors, September 1985.
77. West German indictment (see n. 10).
1. Letter from Chief SS Officer of the SS Garrison at Gross Rosen, to Department III, Economic and Administration Section of SS, stating that Mengele is in Gross Rosen as of February 7, 1945; maintained in Bundesarchivs, Koblenz, Federal Republic of Germany.
2. Benno Müller-Hill, Todliche Wissenschaft: Die Aussonderung von Juden, Zigunern und Geisteskranken 1933–1945 (The Deadly Science: The Selection of Jews, Gypsies and the Mentally Ill) (Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1984), pp. 24–25.
3. Josef Mengele autobiography, in possession of Mengele family.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
8. United Nations War Crimes List, Number 8, maintained by Office of Special Investigations, Washington, D.C.
9. Josef Mengele television documentary, broadcast on WDR-TV, Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany, June 27, 1985.
10. Target Detail, Minimum Briefing Chart for Günzburg, Allied war records, January 13, 1945; maintained in National Archives, Washington, D.C.
11. Munich pharmacist, personal interview by Rolf Mengele, June 1985.
12. Ibid.
13. Mengele autobiography (see n. 3).
14. Alois Fischer, personal interview by Dr. Günther Deschner, July 1985.
15. Maria Fischer, personal interview by Dr. Günther Deschner, July 1985.
16. Alois Fischer interview (see n. 14).
17. Mengele autobiography (see n. 3).
18. Maria Fischer interview (see n. 15).
19. Mengele autobiography (see n. 3).
20. Alois Fischer interview (see n. 14).
21. Mengele autobiography (see n. 3).
22. Irene Mengele diary, entry of October 7, 1945, in possession of Irene Mengele.
23. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
24. Ibid.
25. Letter: Irene Mengele to S. Jones and K. Rattan, April 14, 1984.
26. Louis B. Snyder, Encyclopedia of the Third Reich (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976), p. 167.
27. International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, morning session, Volume XI, 1946, maintained in National Archives, Washington, D.C.
28. Müller-Hill, Todliche Wissenschaft, p. 83.
29. Ibid.
30. Helmut von Verschuer, personal interview by the authors, June 1985.
31. Snyder, Encyclopedia, p. 70.
32. Prosecution closing statement against defendant Gebhardt, “Trials of the Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals,” Volume I.
33. Robert E. Conot, Justice at Nuremberg (New York: Carroll & Graf, 1983), p. 291.
34. Mengele autobiography (see n. 3).
35. Letter: Gisella Perl to Colonel Damon M. Gunn, War Crimes Branch, Civil Affairs Division, Washington, D.C., November 1947.
36. Letter: Colonel Edward H. Young, Chief of the War Crimes Branch, to Gisella Perl, December 8, 1947.
37. Letter: Telford Taylor to Colonel Edward Young, January 19, 1948.
38. Letter: Colonel Edward Young, Chief of the War Crimes Branch, to Gisella Perl, February 12, 1948.
39. Letter: Special Agent Benjamin J. Gorby to the Commanding Officer, 430th Counter-Intelligence Corps Detachment, Vienna, April 1947.
40. David Marwell, historian, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Special Investigations, in prepared statement before the C.A.N.D.L.E.S. (Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiment Survivors) International Tribunal of the Truth about Mengele, Terre Haute, Indiana, November 15, 1985.
1. Mengele-Post (Mengele & Sons newsletter), No. 3/72, #5, November 1972.
2. Julius Diesbach, personal interview by Ricardo Rivas, February 1980.
3. Alois Fischer, personal interview by Dr. Günther Deschner, July 1985.
4. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
5. Inge Byhan, “This Is Josef Mengele,” Bunte magazine (Munich), June 27, 1985, p. 32.
6. Ibid.
7. Josef Mengele autobiography, in possession of Mengele family.
8. Ibid.
9. Josef Mengele’s International Red Cross passport file, Number 100501; maintained by International Red Cross Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
10. Mengele autobiography (see n. 7).
11. Ibid.
12. Inge Byhan, personal interview by the authors, June 1985.
13. Mengele autobiography (see n. 7).
14. Ibid.
1. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by Professor Norman Stone, June 1985.
2. Josef Mengele autobiography, in possession of Mengele family.
3. Comision Investigadora de Actividades Antiargentinas (The Investigating Commission into Anti-Argentine Activities), Report Number 5, Buenos Aires, November 28, 1941.
4. John Gunther, Inside South America (New York: Harper & Row, 1966), p. 181.
5. Buenos Aires Herald, December 1945.
6. International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Volume XIII, p. 581, maintained in National Archives, Washington, D.C.
7. Seguridad Federal (Federal Security), Direccion Coordinacion Federal (Argentine Internal Intelligence), “Foreign Consignment,” Internal Memorandum, Buenos Aires, April 1946.
8. Memorandum from Niceforo Alarcon to the Minister of the Navy, “German Disembarkation at San Clemente del Tuyu,” April 18,1946, file number CF-OP-2315, Federal Coordinancion archives, Buenos Aires.
9. Willem Sassen, interviewed by John Ware for “The Hunt for Dr. Mengele,” World in Action program, Granada Television (London), November 1978.
10. Ibid.
11. Werner Jung, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
12. U.S. Counter-Intelligence Corps files on Hans Ulrich Rudel, internal memorandum, August 1950.
13. Central Intelligence Agency file on Josef Mengele, internal memorandum, July 18, 1972.
14. Dieter Mengele, interview by John Martin for ABC “World News Tonight,” March 13, 1985.
15. Werner Jung, personal interview by the authors, July 1985; Colonel Alejandro von Eckstein, personal interview by the authors, December 1984.
16. Jung interview (see n. 15).
17. Von Eckstein interview (see n. 15).
18. Ibid.
19. Jung interview (see n. 15).
20. Margaret Jung, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
21. Elsa Haverich, background interview by Central Television (London), for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
22. José Stroher, personal interview by the authors, November 1984.
23. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
24. Hans Sedlmeier, sworn statement to West German Judge Horst von Glasenapp, December 9, 1971.
25. Jewish businessman, personal interview by John Ware, World in Action program, Granada Television (London), June 1978.
26. West German Prosecutor’s Office, Summary Fact Sheet, Frankfurt.
27. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by Dr. Günther Deschner, June 1985.
28. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
29. Ibid.
30. Wolfram Bossert, background interview by Central Television (London), for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
31. Letter: Marc Turkow to World Jewish Congress, New York, August 12, I960.
32. Serge Klarsfeld, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
33. Werner Junkers, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
34. Werner Schattman, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
35. “Josef Mengele” documentary, AOR-Television (Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany), June 27, 1985.
36. Simon Wiesenthal, personal interview by the authors, June 1984.
37. Heinz Truppel, background interview by Central Television (London), for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
38. Elsa Haverich, Central Television interview (see n. 21).
1. International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Volume 5, p. 412.
2. Hermann Langbein, personal interview by the authors, April 1985.
3. Ibid.
4. West German indictment fact sheet, attached to arrest warrant dated June 5, 1959, file number 22GS 77/59, Frankfurt.
5. Werner Jung, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
6. Hans Sedlmeier, sworn statement to Judge Horst von Glasenapp, December 9, 1971.
7. Margaret Jung, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
8. Langbein interview (see n. 2).
9. Ibid.
10. West German indictment fact sheet (see n. 4).
11. Elsa Haverich, background interview by Central Television (London) for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” October 1985.
12. Jeff B. Harmon, “Bowling with Dr. Mengele,” Harper’s, July 1982.
13. Colonel Alejandro von Eckstein, personal interview by the authors, December 1984.
14. Josef Mengele diary, entry for March 12, I960, in possession of Mengele family.
15. Von Eckstein interview (see n. 13).
16. West German arrest warrant for Josef Mengele, dated June 5,1959, Court Number 22, issued by Judge Robert Muller.
17. Central Intelligence Agency report on Josef Mengele, internal memorandum, July 18, 1972.
18. Cesar Augusto Sanabria, personal interview by the authors, December 1984.
19. Von Eckstein interview (see n. 13).
20. Werner Jung interview (see n. 5).
21. Michael Bar-Zohar, The Avengers (London: A. Baker, 1968), p. 248.
22. Dr. Otto Biss, personal interview by the authors, December 1984.
23. Werner Jung interview (see n. 5).
24. Review by the authors of Paraguayan Interpol file on Josef Mengele, Asunción, December 1984.
25. Review by the authors of Argentine Federal Police files on Josef Mengele, Buenos Aires, November 1984.
26. Paraguayan Interpol file (see n. 24).
27. The Secretary of the Treasury’s Report on Interpol, compiled for Senator Joseph Montoya, April 10, 1975, p. 12.
28. Naturalization Certificate for José Mengele, Number 809, Asunción police files.
1. Isser Harel, The House on Garibaldi Street (London: Andre Deutsche, 1975), p. 19.
2. Ibid., p. 9.
3. Ibid., p. 219.
4. Isser Harel, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
5. Ibid.
6. Harel, Garibaldi Street, p. 41.
7. Ibid., p. 46.
8. Ibid., p. 219.
9. Ibid., pp. 219–220.
10. Harel interview (see n. 4).
11. Zvi Aharoni, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
12. Harel, Garibaldi Street, p. 220.
13. Ibid., p. 221.
14. Ibid., p. 223.
15. Ibid., p. 224.
16. Ibid., p. 225.
17. Harel interview (see n. 4).
18. Harel, Garibaldi Street, p. 252.
19. Ibid., p. 288.
20. Historical archives of La Nación, El Clarín, and La Prensa, reviewed by the authors, Buenos Aires, November 1984.
1. Nicholas Eichmann, interviewed in La Razón (Buenos Aires), December 27, 1965, p. 2.
2. Josef Mengele diary, entry for June 10, I960, in possession of Mengele family.
3. Flora Schreiber, “The Satanic Dr. Mengele,” New York Times Syndication Service, May 4, 1975.
4. “Josef Mengele” documentary, ZDF Television, Federal Republic of Germany, June 28, 1985.
5. Archives of Federal Judge Jorge Luque, relating to West German extradition request of Josef Mengele, certified copies from Court Number 1, Buenos Aires, in possession of the authors.
6. Ibid.
7. International Herald Tribune, Paris edition, June 30, I960, quoted by the World Jewish Congress (London) Survey number 2253.
8. Ibid.
9. Colonel Alejandro von Eckstein, personal interview by the authors, December 1984.
10. Margaret Jung, personal interview by the authors, December 1984.
11. Werner Schubius, interviewed by John Ware for “The Hunt for Dr. Mengele,” World in Action program, Granada Television (London), November 1978.
12. Jewish businessman, personal interview by John Ware for “The Hunt for Dr. Mengele,” World in Action program, Granada Television (London), June 1978.
13. Josef Mengele diary, entry for July 31, 1961, in possession of Mengele family.
14. Peter Bensch, personal interview by the authors, May 1985.
15. Archives of Judge Luque (see n. 5); Letter sent to West German embassy in Buenos Aires from the Argentine foreign office, November 1970.
16. Judge Jorge Luque, personal interview by the authors, November 1984.
17. Ibid.
18. Archives of Judge Luque (see n. 5); Memorandum from Carlos Guillermo Daneri, secretary in the Federal Police, to Judge Jorge Luque, July 2, I960.
19. Argentine Federal Police communiqué, July 19, I960, Federal Police archives, Buenos Aires.
20. Josef Mengele diary, entry for September 18, I960, in possession of Mengele family.
21. Former Israeli intelligence informant, name withheld upon request, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
22. Josef Mengele diary, entry for November 23, I960, in possession of Mengele family.
23. Inge Byhan, “Joseph Mengele,” Bunte (Munich), July 11, 1985, p. 33.
1. “In His Last Days in Austria, Gerhard Was on Public Charity,” Estado de Sâo Paulo, June 11, 1985, p. 13.
2. Gitta Stammer, personal interview by the authors, June 1985.
3. Gitta Stammer, background interview by Central Television (London) for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
4. Josef Mengele diary, entry for January 15, 1961, in possession of Mengele family.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Gitta Stammer, Central Television interview (see n. 3).
8. “Employees Witnessed the Operation,” Jornal do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro), June 11, 1985, p. 5.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Gitta Stammer interview (see n. 2).
12. “Operation,” Jornal do Brasil.
13. Zvi Aharoni, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
14. Letter: Hans Ulrich Rudel to Wolfgang Gerhard, February 3, 1961, in possession of Gerhard family.
15. Isser Harel, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
16. Central Intelligence Agency file on Josef Mengele, internal memorandum, 1961.
17. Peter Bensch, personal interview by the authors, May 1985.
18. “Secret Agent Hunting Nazi Mengele, Assassinated in Argentina,” La Razón (Buenos Aires), March 13, 1961, p. 12.
19. Archives of Federal Judge Jorge Luque, relating to West German extradition request for Josef Mengele, certified copies from Court Number 1, Buenos Aires, in possession of the authors; Memorandum from Vincente Victor Fimiani, Police Commissioner of the Federal Police Delegation in La Plata, Argentina, to Federal Judge Horacio Raul Rios Centeno, Court Number 3, Buenos Aires, May 11,1961.
20. Archives of Judge Luque (see n. 19); Letter from Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Minister of Foreign Relations and Culture, Foreign Office of Argentina, July 24, 1961, West German embassy file number DAJ 1263/28521/ 959.
21. Archives of Judge Luque (see n. 19); Memorandum from central headquarters of the Federal Police, Buenos Aires, to Federal Judge Jorge Luque, Court Number 1, San Martin, Buenos Aires, December 15, 1961.
22. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
23. Josef Mengele diary, entry for August 19, 1962, in possession of Mengele family.
24. Gitta Stammer, Central Television interview (see n. 3).
25. Ibid.
26. Gitta Stammer interview (see n. 2).
27. Gitta Stammer, Central Television interview (see n. 3).
28. Ibid.
29. Josef Mengele diary, entry for April 1962, in possession of Mengele family.
30. Ibid.
31. Professor Norman Stone, personal interview by the authors, June 1985.
32. Letter: Hans Sedlmeier to Josef Mengele, August 10, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
33. “A Romance in Serra Negra,” O Estado de São Paulo, June 12, 1985, p. 16.
34. Gitta Stammer interview (see n. 2).
35. Wolfram Bossert, background interview by Central Television (London) for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
36. Josef Mengele diary, entry for June 1, 1962, in possession of Mengele family.
37. “Exhumation of the Enigma,” VEJA (São Paulo), June 12, 1985, p. 22.
38. Review by the authors of Paraguayan Interpol file on Josef Mengele, Asunción, December 1984.
39. Former Israeli intelligence informant, name withheld upon request, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
1. Adolf Eichmann, recorded and transcribed by Willem Sassen, 1959; transcripts in possession of Time-Life, Inc.
2. Zvi Aharoni, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Stewart Steven, Spymasters of Israel (New York: Ballantine Books, 1980), p. 144.
7. Isser Harel, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
8. Ibid.
9. Aharoni interview (see n. 2).
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Harel interview (see n. 7).
13. Steven, Spymasters, p. 159.
14. Harel interview (see n. 7).
15. Steven, Spymasters, p. 178.
16. Harel interview (see n. 7).
17. Ibid.
18. General Meir Amit, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
19. Former Israeli intelligence officer, name withheld upon request, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
1. Alan Riding, “Nazi Hunter, In a Protest in Paraguay, Demands Mengele’s Arrest,” New York Times, May 25, 1985, p. 23.
2. Philip S. Gutis, “Bonn Said to Have Tried to Buy Mengele Extradition,” New York Times, June 10, 1985, p. 3; “Paraguay Keeps Mengele,” La Nación (Buenos Aires), November 26, 1970, p. 34.
3. “Mengele in Paraguay, Say Germans,” La Prensa (Buenos Aires), February 8,1964.
4. Ambassador Benno Weiser Varon, personal interview by the authors, May 1978; Colonel Alejandro von Eckstein, personal interview by the authors, December 1984.
5. “An Offer for the Capture of Mengele, Who Is Hiding in Paraguay,” El Clarín (Buenos Aires), July 7, 1964.
6. Bernd Naumann, Auschwitz (London: Pall Mall Press, 1966), p. 93.
7. “Mengele Reward,” O’Globo (Rio de Janeiro), July 9, 1964.
8. “The German Prosecutor Insists that Mengele Is Hiding in Paraguay, and that the Authorities of That Country Are Not Doing Anything to Find Him,” La Razón (Buenos Aires), July 10, 1964, p. 2.
9. “German Prosecutor Says Mengele Hiding in Paraguay,” El Clarín (Buenos Aires), July 1, 1964.
10. “The Story that Israeli Commandos Are Trailing Mengele Is Fantasy, Says Paraguay,” La Razón (Buenos Aires), September 23, 1964.
11. Der Spiegel, Letters to the Editor, August 19, 1964.
12. Letter: Record Department, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University (Frankfurt) to the authors, June 7, 1985.
13. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, 1974, in possession of Mengele family.
14. “Paraguayans Consistent—Mengele Not Here,” El Clarín (Buenos Aires), June 1, 1966.
15. Hubert Krier, interviewed by Felix Kuballa for ADR Television documentary, “Mengele,” Federal Republic of Germany, June 27, 1985.
16. Colonel Alejandro von Eckstein, interviewed by John Martin for ABC Television “World News Tonight,” April 2, 1985.
17. New York Times, Obituaries, July 2, 1968, p. 26.
18. Varon interview (see n. 4).
19. Benno Weiser Varon, “Living with Mengele,” Midstream, December 1983, p. 28.
20. Ibid., pp. 25–26.
21. Ibid., p. 27.
22. Benno Weiser Varon, interviewed by John Ware for “The Hunt for Dr. Mengele,” World in Action program, Granada Television (London), November 1978.
23. Varon, “Living with Mengele,” pp. 27–28.
24. Ibid., p. 28.
25. Ibid., p. 26.
1. “Wiesenthal’s Last Hunt,” Time, September 26, 1977, pp. 36–38.
2. Simon Wiesenthal, The Murderers Among Us (London: Heinemann, 1967), p. 151; (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967).
3. Ibid., p. 152.
4. Ottmar Katz, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
5. Simon Wiesenthal Bulletin, Item 13, 1978 edition.
6. Benno Weiser Varon, “Living with Mengele,” Midstream, December 1983, p. 24.
7. Midstream, Letters to the Editor, May 1984.
8. Ibid., June 1984.
9. Tom Bower, “What Next for the Mengele Industry,” Times (London), June 14, 1985, p. 14.
10. Michael Bar-Zohar, The Avengers (London: A. Baker, 1968), pp. 200–201.
11. Varon, “Living with Mengele,” pp. 26–27.
12. Ibid., p. 26.
13. William Orbello, personal interview by the authors, October 1984.
14. “Nazi Murder Investigation Heats Up,” La Razón (Buenos Aires), March 12,1965, p. 1.
15. Jack Anderson, “How Search for Mengele Uncovered Herbert Cukurs,” United Feature Syndicate, August 28, 1977.
16. Former Israeli intelligence officer, name withheld upon request, personal interview by the authors, December 1985.
17. Wiesenthal, Murderers, pp. 158–159.
18. Bar-Zohar, Avengers, p. 246.
19. Colonel Alejandro von Eckstein, personal interview by the authors, November 1984.
20. “Nazi Mengele Caught on Film,” Crónica (Buenos Aires), October 1, 1966; “Brazilian Takes Mengele Picture,” La Razón (Buenos Aires), January 20, 1967.
21. “The Trail of Mengele,” Gente (Buenos Aires), August 25, 1967, p. 34.
22. “Ex-Nazi Pinpoints Bormann and Mengele,” Crónica (Buenos Aires), January 2, 1967, p. 1.
23. “Mengele Not in Cascavel,” La Prensa (Buenos Aires), July 6, 1967.
24. Ibid.
25. “Mengele Captured in Brazil,” La Razón (Buenos Aires), May 7, 1966.
26. “Bormann Alive Says Ex-Nazi,” New York Times, January 1, 1968, p. 31.
27. Erich Erdstein, personal interview by the authors, September 1984.
28. Ibid.
29. Ibid.
30. Central Intelligence Agency file on Josef Mengele, internal memorandum, November 1970.
31. Ibid.
1. Josef Mengele diary, entry for June 7, 1962, in possession of Mengele family.
2. Gitta Stammer, background interview by Central Television (London), for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
3. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
4. Josef Mengele diary, entry for February 6, 1961, in possession of Mengele family.
5. “Employees Witnessed the Operation,” Jornal do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro), June 11, 1985, p. 5.
6. Gitta Stammer, personal interview by the authors, June 1985.
7. Rolf Mengele interview (see n. 3).
8. “Mengele Remembered by Employees,” Jornal do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro), June 11, 1985, p. 5.
9. Ibid.
10. Wolfram Bossert, background interview by Central Television (London), for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
11. Liselotte Bossert, background interview by Central Television (London), for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
12. Wolfram Bossert, Central Television interview (see n. 10).
13. Ibid.
14. Manfred von Conta and Hans-Werner Hübner, “The Complication,” Stern (Hamburg), June 27, 1985, p. 55.
15. Ibid., p. 58.
16. Josef Mengele diary, entry for August 18, 1969, in possession of Mengele family.
17. Gitta Stammer, Central Television interview (see n. 2).
18. Liselotte Bossert, Central Television interview (see n. 11).
1. Letter: Hans Sedlmeier to Josef Mengele, August 10, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
2. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, January 6, 1978, in possession of Mengele family.
3. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, August 4,1978, in possession of Mengele family.
4. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by the authors, February 1986.
5. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, circa early 1973, in possession of Mengele family.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Letter: Wolfram Bossert to Wolfgang Gerhard, quoting Mengele, August 17,1972, in possession of Gerhard family.
9. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, circa mid-1973, in possession of Mengele family.
10. Ibid.
11. Manfred von Conta and Hans-Werner Hübner, “The Complication,” Stern (Hamburg), June 27, 1985, p. 54.
12. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, March 1974, in possession of Mengele family.
13. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, circa early 1974, in possession of Mengele family.
14. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, circa mid-1974, in possession of Mengele family.
15. Ibid.
16. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, autumn 1974, in possession of Mengele family.
17. Gitta Stammer, background interview by Central Television (London) for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
18. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele (see n. 16).
19. Wolfram Bossert, background interview by Central Television (London) for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
1. “German President Says Mengele in Paraguay,” El Clarín (Buenos Aires), November 10, 1970; “Extradition Difficult in Mengele Matter,” La Opinión (Buenos Aires), February 3, 1976.
2. “Paraguayan Ambassador Denies Reports on Mengele,” Jornal do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro), November 19, 1970.
3. “Reward for Capture of Mengele,” La Nación (Buenos Aires), January 21, 1971.
4. Zvi Zamir, personal interview by the authors, April 1978.
5. “Mengele’s Wife Prefers Silence,” Novella (Buenos Aires), February 11, 1971.
6. Hans Sedlmeier, sworn statement to West German Judge Horst von Glasenapp, December 9, 1971.
7. Ibid.
8. Horst von Glasenapp, personal interview by the authors, May 1985.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. Letter: Ian McColl to Ladislas Farago, April 27, 1973, in possession of Special Collections, Boston University.
12. Ibid.
13. Letter: Ladislas Farago to Ian McColl, May 3, 1973, in possession of Special Collections, Boston University.
14. Ladislas Farago, Aftermath: Martin Bormann and the Fourth Reich (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974), p. 10.
15. Letter: Hugh Trevor-Roper to Ladislas Farago, January 3, 1973, in possession of Special Collections, Boston University.
16. Letter: Hugh Trevor-Roper to Ladislas Farago, April 1, 1974, in possession of Special Collections, Boston University.
17. Photocopy of personal check of Ladislas Farago, dated January 18, 1973; Memorandum from Ladislas Farago to Joel Weinberg, Esq., January 1973, in possession of Special Collections, Boston University.
18. Von Glasenapp interview (see n. 8).
19. Letter: Horst von Glasenapp to Ladislas Farago, April 9, 1973, in possession of Special Collections, Boston University.
20. Letter: Horst von Glasenapp to Ladislas Farago, August 19, 1973, in possession of Special Collections, Boston University.
21. Draft of manuscript for Aftermath: Martin Bormann and the Fourth Reich, p. 520, in possession of Special Collections, Boston University.
22. Central Intelligence Agency file on Josef Mengele, internal memorandum, June 7, 1974.
23. Horst von Glasenapp, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
24. Horst von Glasenapp, interviewed by John Ware for “The Hunt for Dr. Mengele,” World in Action program, Granada Television (London), November 1978.
1. Letter: Josef Mengele to Wolfgang Gerhard, circa 1976, in possession of Gerhard family.
2. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, circa February 1975, in possession of Mengele family.
3. Ibid.
4. “Mengele on the Run: Two Protectors Speak,” International Herald Tribune, June 11, 1985, p. 1.
5. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, early 1975, in possession of Mengele family.
6. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, mid-1975, in possession of Mengele family.
7. Ibid.
8. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, circa August 17, 1975, in possession of Mengele family.
9. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, circa September 1975, in possession of Mengele family.
10. Luis Rodrigues, personal interview by the authors, June 1985.
11. Letter: Wolfram Bossert to Wolfgang Gerhard, circa 1976, in possession of Gerhard family.
12. “ ‘Santiago’ Identified as Mengele Helper,” Folha de São Paulo, June 12, 1985, p. 15.
13. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, May 28, 1976, in possession of Mengele family.
14. “Santiago,” Folha de São Paulo.
15. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, January 14, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
16. Ernesto Glawe, interviewed by John Quinnones for ABC Television “World News Tonight,” June 1985.
17. Ibid.
18. “Santiago,” Folha de São Paulo.
19. Letter: Josef Mengele to Wolfgang Gerhard, circa 1976, in possession of Gerhard family.
20. Letter: Mengele to Sedlmeier (see n. 15).
21. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, January 6, 1978, in possession of Mengele family.
22. Ernesto Glawe, ABC interview (see n. 16).
23. Letter: Hans Sedlmeier to Josef Mengele, August 10, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
24. James M. Markham, “Mengele ‘Double’ Called Fervid Nazi,” New York Times, June 13, 1985, p. 5.
25. Letter: Mengele to Sedlmeier (see n. 13).
26. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, circa 1976, in possession of Mengele family.
27. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, June 14,1977, in possession of Mengele family.
28. Inge Byhan, “No Regrets,” Bunte (Munich), July 18, 1985, p. 114.
29. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, July 8, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
30. Letter: Mengele to Sedlmeier (see n. 15).
31. Jaime de Santos, personal interview by the authors, June 1985.
32. Letter: Mengele to Sedlmeier (see n. 29).
33. Letter: Hans Sedlmeier to Josef Mengele, August 10, 1978, in possession of Mengele family.
34. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, August 18, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
35. Letter: Hans Sedlmeier to Josef Mengele, September 1, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
1. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, circa mid-1975, in possession of Mengele family.
2. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, April 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
3. Ibid.
4. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, May 4, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Letter: Hans Sedlmeier to Josef Mengele, May 27, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
8. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, June 30, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
9. Letter: Hans Sedlmeier to Rolf Mengele, August 8, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
10. Letter: Hans Sedlmeier to Josef Mengele, August 10, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
11. Letter: Hans Sedlmeier to Josef Mengele, September 1, 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
12. Letter: Sedlmeier to Mengele (see n. 10).
13. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Liselotte Bossert, background interview by Central Television (London) for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
19. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, circa late 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
20. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf and Almuth Mengele, January 6, 1978, in possession of Mengele family.
1. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
2. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf Mengele, circa late 1977, in possession of Mengele family.
3. Elsa Gulpian de Oliveira, personal interview by the authors, June 1985.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Letter: Josef Mengele to Hans Sedlmeier, October 3, 1978, in possession of Mengele family.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Letter: Josef Mengele to Rolf and Almuth Mengele, June 23, 1978, in possession of Mengele family.
11. Inez Mehlich, personal interview by the authors, June 1985.
12. Wolfram Bossert, background interview by Central Television (London) for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
13. Ibid.
14. “Anonymous Tourist at the Beaches of Bertioga,” O Estado de São Paulo, June 12, 1985, p. 16.
1. Rolf Mengele, interviewed by ZDF Television for documentary “Mengele,” Federal Republic of Germany, June 27, 1985.
2. Letter: Wolfram Bossert to Hans Sedlmeier, February 1979, in possession of Mengele family.
3. Liselotte Bossert, interviewed by Central Television (London) for Home Box Office production “The Search for Mengele,” August 1985.
4. Letter: Bossert to Sedlmeier (see n. 2).
5. Ibid.
6. “Wiesenthal’s Last Hunt,” Time, September 26, 1977, pp. 36–38.
7. Letter: Douglas J. Bennett, Jr., to Senator Alan Cranston, January 19, 1978; State Department file on Josef Mengele.
8. State Department cable to United States embassy, Asunción, April 25, 1978; State Department file on Josef Mengele.
9. United States embassy, Asunción, cable to State Department, Washington, D.C., April 26, 1978; State Department file on Josef Mengele.
10. Robert White, personal interview by the authors, April 1985.
11. “The Hunt for Dr. Mengele,” World in Action program, Granada Television (London), November 1978.
12. United States Senate Resolution #184, June 19, 1979.
13. White interview (see n. 10).
14. Ibid.
15. New York businessman, name withheld upon request, personal interview by the authors, October 1984.
16. Legal memorandum, in possession of Mrs. Sheila Dekel.
17. Jerome Sanford, “How Close Was Mengele to Being Nabbed in Miami,” Jewish Floridian, April 27, 1984, p. 1.
18. Ibid.
19. Central Intelligence Agency file on Josef Mengele, internal memorandum, July 31, 1972.
20. Central Intelligence Agency memorandum to Louis Bachrach, Chief of Operations for Intelligence for the Drug Enforcement Agency, November 30, 1973; Central Intelligence Agency file on Josef Mengele.
21. Serge Klarsfeld, personal interview by the authors, April 1985.
22. Peggy Caldwell, written report concerning photo comparison of possible Mengele suspects, March 1985, in possession of authors.
1. Serge Klarsfeld, personal interview by the authors, April 1985.
2. William French Smith, quoted by Associated Press, February 6, 1985.
3. Stephen Trott, prepared statement before the United States Senate, Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, March 19, 1985.
4. Dan Patir, personal interview by the authors, April 1985.
5. Former Israeli intelligence officer, name withheld upon request, personal interview by the authors, July 1985.
6. Dieter Mengele, interviewed by John Martin for ABC Television “World News Tonight,” March 13, 1985.
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
9. Rolf Mengele, personal interview by the authors, August 1985.
10. Ibid.
11. Ralph Blumenthal, “Mengele Trail: Clues of Paper, Then of People,” New York Times, June 23, 1985, p. 16.
12. Ibid.
13. Rolf Mengele interview (see n. 9).
14. Neil Sher, quoted by Associated Press, April 22, 1985.
15. Blumenthal, “Mengele Trail.”
16. Neil Sher, personal interview by the authors, November 1985.
17. Office of Special Investigations analyst, name withheld upon request, June 1985.
18. Simon Wiesenthal, interviewed on ABC Television “Nightline,” June 7, 1985.
19. Beate Klarsfeld, interviewed on ABC Television “Nightline,” June 7, 1985.
20. Isser Harel, quoted by Associated Press, June 9, 1985.
21. Rolf Mengele interview (see n. 9).
22. James K. Markham, “Mengele’s Son Asserts Body Is His Father’s,” New York Times, June 12, 1985, p. 1.
23. Rolf Mengele interview (see n. 9).
24. “Go-Between Tells of Trips to Brazil,” quoting Hans Sedlmeier, New York Times, June 13, 1985, p. 1.
25. Rolf Mengele interview (see n. 9).