rom differentcountries in South America. There was a great hunt for the elusive Doctor Mengele, there wererewards, warrants, and even Nazi Hunters after him, but no one ever found him. No one knew itwhen he died. Josef Mengele was living in Brazil with the Bossert family, when for the first time,hewent out in the sun in a public place. Mengele was paranoid that he would be caught, so he oftenonly went out at night. On January 7, 1979, the Bossert family persuaded him to go for a swim toease his mind. He did, but while out at sea he had a stroke, Mengele's body was paralyzed, andhestarted to drown. People managed to drag him out of the water, but it was too late, the infamousDoctor Mengele was dead.People didn't find out until the mid-1980's that Mengele was dead, I think that's quite fitting to theseemingly ever-present Josef Mengele. People say that they saw Mengele at the selection nightandday. He was a mythological creature at Auschwitz, he could come at any time day or night totaketest subjects from the barracks. Mengele was the symbol of the Nazis, evil, lurking, and alwaysthere....
