Alois Mengele

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Alois Mengele (born January 30, 1914 in Günzburg ; † February 2, 1974 ) was a German entrepreneur. He was a brother of the camp doctor, notorious for his human experiments in the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp, Josef Mengele .

Life

Alois Mengele was the youngest son of Karl Mengele and his wife Walburga Theresa, née Hupfauer. He had two brothers.

In 1949 the father Alois Mengele and his brother Karl Mengele jun. at his company Karl Mengele & Sons . After the death of his father in 1959, he was the sole managing director until his own death. Under his leadership, the product range was expanded and the company successfully expanded at home and abroad. For example, in 1969 he founded a branch in Merano under the name Mengele und Steiner GmbH . In 1970 he was elected Vice President of the Augsburg Chamber of Commerce . Like his father, he donated in his hometown for charitable institutions, culture, sports and festivities.

He is said to have financially supported his eldest brother Josef Mengele after his escape. It wasn't until late that he realized that his brother's atrocities were true.

Alois Mengele and his wife Ruth, b. Cooper, a son and two daughters. He died of cancer at the age of 60. After his death, his son Dieter Mengele and nephew Karl-Heinz Mengele took over the family business, but after Alois Mengele's death it lost its political influence as the largest employer in Günzburg.

Honors

On the occasion of his 50th birthday, he donated the “Ruth Mengele Kindergarten”, which was inaugurated in 1966 and named after his wife, to the city of Günzburg, including the property, for which he was awarded the Golden Citizen Medal in June 1966. In 1967 he was awarded the Rudolf Diesel Medal . In addition to the honorary citizenship of his hometown (awarded on June 15, 1972), like his father, the city of Höchstadt an der Aisch also granted him this in 1967. In addition, Alois-Mengele-Strasse in Günzburg is named after him.

literature

  • Mengele, Alois. In: Who is who? The German Who's Who - MZ. Ed. 16, Arani, 1970, p. 835.
  • Mengele, Alois. In: Who's Who in Germany - MZ. 4th edition. R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1972, p. 975. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: History. ) Lely Agrartechnik GmbH.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mengele.lely.com
  2. ^ In: Gerald Steinacher : Adolf Eichmann : An Optant from Tramin. University of Nebraska-Lincoln , 2010, p. 312. (online)
  3. ^ A b Sven Keller: Günzburg and the case of Josef Mengele: The hometown and the hunt for the Nazi criminal. Walter de Gruyter , 2003, ISBN 3-486-70288-2 , pp. 112-113 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  4. ↑ Patrons for a living Günzburg. In: Augsburger Allgemeine . 17th August 2010.
  5. ↑ Eichmann, Bormann, Mengele - the “final solution” should be brought to court. In: Irmtrud Wojak : Fritz Bauer 1903–1968: a biography. CHBeck , 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-58154-0 , p. 314 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  6. ↑ a b Kenneth Gibson: Killer Doctors: The Ultimate Betrayal of Trust. Neil Wilson Publishing, 2012, ISBN 978-1-906476-59-5 . ( limited preview in Google Book search)
  7. ↑ Ralph Blumenthal: Investigators turn Attention to Mengele Family Contacts . In: The New York Times . June 11, 1985.
  8. ↑ Josef Mengele: Disturbed Idylle (2). In: Zeit Online . April 26, 1985.
  9. ↑ Timeline . City of Günzburg.
  10. ↑ A Long Shadow: Dealing with the Past. City of Günzburg.

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personal data
SURNAME Mengele, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Gunzburg
DATE OF DEATH 2nd February 1974