Switzerland to open secret files on Auschwitz ‘Angel of Death’ Josef Mengele

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Switzerland to open secret files on Auschwitz 'Angel of Death' Mengele

Updated 3 days ago
BBC News
New York Post
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Mengele fled Europe after the war but for years there were rumours he spent time in Switzerland. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

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This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include New York Post, BBC News.

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BBC News
BBC News
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5/15/2026

Switzerland to open secret files on Auschwitz 'Angel of Death' Mengele

The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service has said it will finally open long-sealed files on the notorious Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, but without saying when. Mengele fled Europe after World War Two, but for years there have been rumours that he spent time in Switzerland, even though an international warrant was.

Switzerland to open secret files on Auschwitz ‘Angel of Death’ Josef Mengele
New York Post
New York Post
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5/17/2026

Switzerland to open secret files on Auschwitz ‘Angel of Death’ Josef Mengele

The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service will grant access to the files on Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, after years of rejecting repeated requests by historians who sought to see if the German death camp doctor spent time in Zurich when there was an international arrest warrant against him. Mengele, who has been.