gb-003348-wl1411
type: RecordSet
biographical history: This collection of correspondence and cuttings documents Reg Freeson's persistent efforts to establish the truth about the fate of Josef Mengele, the notorious SS doctor who was responsible for the deaths of thousands of prisoners at Auschwitz. In particular, Freeson attempts to find out whether a body exhumed from a grave in Brazil in 1985 was in fact that of Mengele, as alleged. The responses he receives from the German, Israeli and American authorities are inconclusive.
conditions of access: Open
has beginning date: 1985-01-01
has end date: 1991-01-31
has or had holder: gb-003348
has or had identifier: 1
has or had subject: 745
has or had subject: 1119
has or had subject: 000272
has or had subject: 1218
has or had subject: 525
has record set type: Collection
identifier: WL1411
record resource extent: 1 folder
record resource structure: The material is arranged in chronological order.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Correspondence and cuttings re the death of Josef Mengele, including a copy of the original Brazilian police forensic report of the body exhumed in 1985 said to be that of Mengele (1411/44) and a descriptive list of the key letters (1411/1). Correspondents include the German Abassador to Great Britain, the Frankfurt Public Prosecutors Office; the Director of the US Office of Special Investigations, Washington; the Brazilian Ambassador to Great Britain.
title: Reg Freeson: copy correspondence and cuttings re the death of Josef Mengele