The mystery of Josef Mengele : medical madman of Auschwitz / [produced by Greystone Communications Inc. for A & E Network] ; producer, Edward Mallory; director, Donna E. Lusitana, Bill Harris.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lusitana, Donna E., director.

Harris, Bill, director.

Mallory, Edward, 1930-2007, producer.

Nelson, Stuart, narrator.

Arts and Entertainment Network, producer.

Greystone Communications, producer.

Harvey Sheldon Jewish American Music Video Research Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979.

Mengele, Josef.

War criminals--Germany--Biography.

War criminals.

Germany.

South America.

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.

World War, 1939-1945.

Atrocities.

War criminals--South America--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Biographical films.

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Penn Provenance:

Sheldon, Harvey (donor)

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009]

System Details:

DVD-R.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

This Biography program examines the legacy of the Nazi physician whose gifted mind descended to the depths of human depravity during World War II. Mengele was a brilliant scientist who could have applied his talents toward a noble cause; the Third Reich, however, opened a sadistic window to his soul. Through archival footage, interviews, and excerpts from his personal diary, the story of Mengele's evil, his escape to post-war South America, and curious death is retold.

Participant:

Narrator, Stuart Nelson.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.