ckname for the young boy. Josef was never at the top of his class but still was seen as a bright student. He was well behaved, punctual, and often received praise from teachers for his actions. As Beppo got older he still worked on his social skills and was considered a handsome young man. Mengele is remembered as someone who had self-confidence, charming, and a good speaker he caught the eye of the village's young women. Mengele at this age liked dressing nice in hand-tailored clothes and where he came up with his trademark, white cotton dress gloves, gloves that Auschwitz survivors used to distinguish him from other SS doctors. During this time Josef's dreams came into conflict with his father, Karl wanted his oldest son to work at the factory with him he wanted Josef to become an accountant. However, young Josef dreamt of a career beyond the business world and beyond his home. Josef wanted to leave Gunzburg and pursue a career in science and anthropology. He show his ambitions Josef would talk to friends and say that his name would one day be in the encyclopedia. In 1930 Josef graduated from the Gunzburg gymnasium, or high school, and passed his Abitur, a college entry exam. His score was the greatest but it was still good enough for him to be accepted to the University of Munich. At the time Munich was the start of the growing National Socialist movement, and led by a man named Adolf Hitler.Josef Mengele left Gunzburg for Munich in October of 1930 to begin at Munich University. He enrolled as a student of Philosophy and Medicine, degrees that would lead his career to a path of darkness, Auschwitz. At the same time that young Mengele was beginning his studies, the city of Munich was undergoing a revolution. In 1930 the Nazis were the second-largest party in the German parliament. Adolf Hitler used Munich as the first stage to achieve domination over all of the German society. Mengele had remained non-political up until this point in...
