his life he was happy in his search of all the good things in life. His goal to success was in his studies of anthropology and the academic world. However, he easily fell into the Nazi hysteria that took up so many of his friends. In his memoirs he wrote: My political leanings were, I think for reasons of family tradition, national conservative. I had not joined any political organization. But in the long run it was impossible to stand aside in these politically stirring times, should our Fatherland not succumb to the Marxist-Bolshevik attack. This simple political concept finally became the decisive factor in my life. This "political concept" that Mengele talked about became his ride where he would look for a way to advance his career, his fame as a researcher and scientist. Wasting no time he joined a organization called the Stalhelm, or the Steel Helmets, in 1931. The Stalhelm wore decorative German uniforms and marched to nationalist music during public events. At this time they weren't connected to the Nazi party, they still shared the same beliefs as the Nazis. Politically he began to grow but Mengele still continued his studies, concentrating on anthropology, paleontology, and medicine. Medicine was only a secondary interest of Mengele's; his growing obsession was for eugenics, the study of genetics and how to reveal the sources of human deformities and imperfections. Mengele became interested in this field when he heard a lecture given by a number of famous German academic and medical professionals were promoting the theory of "unworthy life," a theory which explained that some lives were not worthy of living. It was this point in his life that Mengele began to try and make a name for himself, his goals were to become famous as a scientific researcher and to advance the perfection of the German race. He was very ambitious but this passion did not reveal anything of the murderous man that would soon come. One of his university c...
