Switzerland publishes a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Mengele nicknamed “Angel of Death”
The 200-page file includes police reports, arrest warrants and redactions after a historian won access in court.
- On Thursday, Switzerland's Federal Intelligence Service published a 200-page dossier on Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor known as the "Angel of Death" for conducting horrific medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz.
- During World War II, Mengele served at the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, where about 1.1 million people were killed, before fleeing to South America to evade capture after the war.
- Historian Gérard Wettstein successfully challenged restrictions before the Federal Administrative Court, forcing access to the file that Swiss authorities had previously insisted must remain sealed until 2071 on security grounds.
- Critics described the redacted digital release as "scandalous," arguing it damaged Switzerland's reputation, while authorities countered they redacted "as little as possible" to protect sensitive sources and private individuals.
- Documents aim to clarify whether Mengele visited the Kloten area near Zurich Airport in 1961 after West Germany issued an arrest warrant—a long-standing suspicion historians hope the file will resolve.
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The Swiss domestic security service released its file on Josef Mengele, the notorious 'Angel of Death' of the Auschwitz extermination camp, online for the first time on Thursday. Have all questions regarding the war criminal's Swiss connections now been answered?
The Swiss intelligence service is making documents about Josef Mengele available following a court ruling. The documents contain information about the Nazi criminal's possible stays in Switzerland and South America.
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cedarnews.netThe Federal Archives of Switzerland has released the file compiled by the national intelligence service on Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele. A historian had forced publication through the courts, but the judge considers what is now being made public insufficient. During the Second World War, Josef Mengele was the camp doctor at the German extermination camp Auschwitz. Among other things, he was responsible for selecting those to be immediately g…
Josef Mengele may have been hiding in Switzerland after escaping from Germany, according to a Swiss intelligence report
Josef Mengele may have been hiding in Switzerland after escaping from Germany, according to a Swiss intelligence report.The Swiss authorities insisted that the documents should be declassified only in 2071 — "to protect the persons mentioned...
NAZI FILE EXPOSED: Secret Swiss Dossier On Auschwitz “Angel Of Death” Revealed
Switzerland’s Federal Intelligence Service has released a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, decades after authorities had planned to keep the material classified until 2071. The documents were made public after historian Ruedi Weitstein successfully petitioned a federal administrative court. The file includes arrest warrants, entry bans, police reports, and investigations into individuals […]
His victims called him the "Angel of Death of Auschwitz," and after the war, Josef Mengele fled to South America. Now, a historian has successfully sued for access to some of his files in Switzerland – despite a confidentiality period that lasts until 2071.
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