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Switzerland releases secret Josef Mengele files that may reveal how Nazi doctor evade
Ynetnews • • world
Key Points:
- The Swiss federal intelligence service released a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, revealing suspicions that he may have returned to or planned to enter Switzerland under a false identity after fleeing Germany.
- Mengele, infamous for brutal medical experiments at Auschwitz during World War II, escaped Europe using a Red Cross travel document and spent years hiding in Latin America before drowning in Brazil in 1979.
- The dossier includes police reports, arrest warrants, entry bans, and investigations into individuals who may have aided Mengele, with some sections redacted to protect sources and personal data.
- Historians had long sought access to these files, which Swiss authorities previously wanted sealed until 2071; a successful legal challenge led to their online publication, seen as a key step in clarifying Mengele’s movements.
- The dossier was originally compiled by the federal prosecutor’s office police service and transferred to the Federal Archives in 2001, with the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service now reviewing its archival access policies.
