Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-21-09 04:42 PM
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Nazi angel of death Josef Mengele 'created twin town in Brazil'
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Source: Telegraph
Nazi angel of death Josef Mengele 'created twin town in Brazil'
The Nazi doctor Josef Mengele is responsible for the astonishing number of twins in a small Brazilian town, an Argentine historian has claimed.
By Nick Evans in Buenos Aires
Last Updated: 8:20PM GMT 21 Jan 2009
One in five pregnancies in the small Brazilian town have resulted in
twins - most of them blond haired and blue eyed The steely hearted "Angel of Death", whose mission was to create a master race fit for the Third Reich, was the resident medic at Auschwitz from May 1943 until his flight in the face of the Red Army advance in January 1945.
His task was to carry out experiments to discover by what method of genetic quirk twins were produced – and then to artificially increase the Aryan birthrate for his master, Adolf Hitler.
Now, a historian claims, Mengele's notorious experiments may have borne fruit.
For years scientists have failed to discover why as many as one in five pregnancies in a small Brazilian town have resulted in twins – most of them blond haired and blue eyed.
But residents of Candido Godoi now claim that Mengele made repeated visits there in the early 1960s, posing at first as a vet but then offering medical treatment to the women of the town.
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Nazi angel of death Josef Mengele 'created twin town in Brazil' Judi Lynn Jan-21-09 04:42 PM #0
Mengele is a demonstration of what happens when genuis is unrestrained by ethics. Xithras Jan-21-09 04:51 PM #1
In Brazil, he may have had more than his hands on. damntexdem Jan-21-09 04:58 PM #2
I have no idea why people choose to describe him as genius. Bornaginhooligan Jan-21-09 05:52 PM #10
It's not necessarily flattery - if his IQ is/was over 140, he bitchkitty Jan-21-09 07:39 PM #20
What a wonderfully ironic comment. Bornaginhooligan Jan-21-09 07:41 PM #21
I don't know anything about that... bitchkitty Jan-22-09 12:13 PM #38
What is it about Mengele that strikes you as intelligent? Bornaginhooligan Jan-22-09 01:40 PM #41
Don't even try that with me. bitchkitty Jan-22-09 01:59 PM #43
And I always thought I was just a bit short The Second Stone Jan-21-09 08:08 PM #23
Genius is never evil... Baby Snooks Jan-21-09 06:06 PM #13
DNA confirms he is/was dead Wabbajack_ Jan-21-09 08:00 PM #22
That Sounds Like An Apologia NashVegas Jan-22-09 03:33 PM #46
Mengle is a criminal mind. geckosfeet Jan-21-09 06:37 PM #16
Mengele in Paraguay/Bush to Paraguay . . . defendandprotect Jan-21-09 05:20 PM #3
If it makes anyone feel better, here's a newscast confirming his death hadrons Jan-21-09 05:21 PM #4
I cringe just seeing his name - a few years back, I read a book on nickyt Jan-21-09 05:22 PM #5
Check out "The Nazi Doctors" by Robert Jay Lifton. OmelasExpat Jan-21-09 05:53 PM #11
I have that book... it's very creepy. thecrow Jan-21-09 06:44 PM #17
I also detest the name. Repulsive monster. n/t FedUpWithIt All Jan-21-09 11:55 PM #36
'Boys from Brazil' as reality? vickiss Jan-21-09 05:22 PM #6
Where have you been for the past eight years? Baby Snooks Jan-21-09 05:36 PM #8
I knew it! vickiss Jan-21-09 10:35 PM #30
WHAT THE WHAT??? demoborn47 Jan-21-09 05:27 PM #7
Bizarre. But, it makes sense. Gregory Peck chills my bones in "The Boys From Brazil" Faygo Kid Jan-21-09 05:38 PM #9
Looks like the Farkle family Gman Jan-21-09 05:55 PM #12
Wait, wait, wait. Hold up. I love tales of supernatural Nazi experiments as much as the next guy... Poll_Blind Jan-21-09 06:12 PM #14
dizzy here too justabob Jan-21-09 06:50 PM #18
It says in the article there was a community of ex-pat Germans bezdomny Jan-22-09 12:35 PM #39
I know from a reliable source . . . toopers Jan-22-09 01:34 PM #40
The article said it was a predominantly German community. Thus, perhaps, the blue-eyed blondes. SharonAnn Jan-22-09 03:03 PM #44
yes, he did not create the blue-eyed blondes from the "Brazilian" population Bacchus39 Jan-22-09 04:17 PM #48
Creepy. The Backlash Cometh Jan-21-09 06:27 PM #15
isn't argentina pretty heavily populated by europeans from all over? xchrom Jan-21-09 07:31 PM #19
Yes Sultana Jan-21-09 08:17 PM #26
though the town in the story is in Brazil, and in Southern Brazil Bacchus39 Jan-21-09 08:20 PM #27
Ummm..... how did he do that, exactly? /nt jberryhill Jan-21-09 08:11 PM #24
Medically, I can't see it FloridaJudy Jan-21-09 08:15 PM #25
Judi Lynn The abyss Jan-21-09 08:27 PM #28
I'll look around for something on this when I get some decent time to do it. Here's some information Judi Lynn Jan-21-09 10:12 PM #29
Judi, thank you! The abyss Jan-21-09 11:21 PM #32
Boys from Brazil IndianaGreen Jan-21-09 10:57 PM #31
IIRC Eichman was working in a Volkswagen plant as a worker bee. The abyss Jan-21-09 11:47 PM #34
Mengele's Wiki says the subject of twins was his pet project. Who knew? Judi Lynn Jan-21-09 11:38 PM #33
mengele: born 1911. Hannah Bell Jan-21-09 11:48 PM #35
The accounts of Mengele's experiments don't really suggest that his methods were likely struggle4progress Jan-21-09 11:57 PM #37
agreed. his "research" didn't even look productive, much less "genius" enki23 Jan-22-09 01:44 PM #42
Your post just reminded me.. steaa Jan-22-09 03:26 PM #45
I apologize The abyss Jan-22-09 07:55 PM #50
JanuC.I.A. Said to Rebuff Congress on Nazi Files Judi Lynn Jan-22-09 04:07 PM #47
Great Stuff Judi! The abyss Jan-22-09 05:23 PM #49