Coupons for notorious Nazi
Food coupons for some of the notorious Nazi doctors at the Auschwitz death camp - including perhaps the sadistic Joseph Mengele - have been found in the attic of a nearby house, where they had lain unseen for decades. The coupon for 400 grams of sugar...
Food coupons for some of the notorious Nazi doctors at the Auschwitz death camp - including perhaps the sadistic Joseph Mengele - have been found in the attic of a nearby house, where they had lain unseen for decades.
The coupon for 400 grams of sugar is made out for a Dr Mergerle. There was no SS doctor by that name at camp, so the museum believes a clerk misspelled Dr Mengele's name.
Doctors and pharmacists at the camp conducted pseudo-medical experiments on the inmates and helped select Jews arriving at the camp for either labour or death.
Dr Mengele escaped after World War II and evaded capture for the rest of his life.