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Switzerland publishes a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Mengele nicknamed "Angel of Death"

  • Switzerland published a 200-page intelligence dossier on Josef Mengele, the notorious "Angel of Death" from Auschwitz who fled to Latin America and drowned in 1979.
  • The files suggest Mengele may have returned to—or tried to enter—Switzerland after WWII, a detail historians have long sought to confirm.
  • A historian successfully challenged a secrecy order that would have kept the files sealed until 2071; the dossier is now online with some redactions to protect sources and personal data.
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