Forget Odessa and misery: Mengele’s postwar reality was different.
What if everything you thought you knew about Josef Mengele’s post-war life was wrong? Far from being a miserable fugitive, the “Angel of Death” lived comfortably in South America — supported by networks that had nothing to do with the mythical Odessa organisation.
Host Paul Bavill welcomes journalist and historian Betina Anton, author of Hiding Mengele, to uncover the real story of Mengele’s escape, life in hiding, and the myths that continue to surround his legacy. Drawing on her own childhood experiences in Brazil’s German community, and six years of research, Betina reveals a far more unsettling truth than the legends suggest.
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Join us for a myth-busting conversation that shatters the comforting lies we tell ourselves about justice and punishment. To dive deeper, pick up Betina’s book Hiding Mengele here:
👉 https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10120/9781837733002
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