Switzerland publishes a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Mengele nicknamed “Angel of Death”
The 200-page file includes police reports, arrest warrants and redactions after a historian won access in court.
- On Thursday, Switzerland's Federal Intelligence Service published a 200-page dossier on Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor known as the "Angel of Death" for conducting horrific medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz.
- During World War II, Mengele served at the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, where about 1.1 million people were killed, before fleeing to South America to evade capture after the war.
- Historian Gérard Wettstein successfully challenged restrictions before the Federal Administrative Court, forcing access to the file that Swiss authorities had previously insisted must remain sealed until 2071 on security grounds.
- Critics described the redacted digital release as "scandalous," arguing it damaged Switzerland's reputation, while authorities countered they redacted "as little as possible" to protect sensitive sources and private individuals.
- Documents aim to clarify whether Mengele visited the Kloten area near Zurich Airport in 1961 after West Germany issued an arrest warrant—a long-standing suspicion historians hope the file will resolve.
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Switzerland publishes a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Mengele nicknamed 'Angel of Death'
The Swiss federal intelligence service on Thursday published a 200-page dossier on the notorious Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, the German doctor known as the "Angel of Death" for conducting horrific medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz.
The Swiss Intelligence Service (NDB) has published its archival dossier on the Auschwitz concentration camp doctor Josef Mengele, known as the “Angel of Death”. The publication of this documentation, which is now deposited in the Federal Archives, became possible only after a long legal process due to the refusal of the authorities to access these documents.Until February 2026, the NDB had rejected requests for review of the file, justifying the…
Switzerland releases digital files on Josef Mengele to public with 'as little as possible' redacted
In light of the “exceptionally high public interest,” the authorities decided not to limit access to individual reviews at the archives, but instead publish the file online.
Switzerland publishes a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Mengele nicknamed ‘Angel of Death’
The Swiss federal intelligence service on Thursday published a 200-page dossier on the notorious Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, the German doctor known as the “Angel of Death” for conducting horrific medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz.
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Switzerland publishes a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Mengele nicknamed "Angel of Death"
Swiss federal intelligence has released a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, known as the "Angel of Death" for his horrific experiments at Auschwitz.
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