Dr. Josef Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz experimenter, is living luxuriously in a villa in Cairo, where several other top Nazi war criminals are also operating at high levels, according to German press reports. Former SS General Oskar Dirlewander was said to be training Arab terrorists in Egypt and to be among those responsible for President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s personal guard. Leopole Elein, former Gestapo chief of Lublin, is a leading member of President Nasser’s police staff. Karl Westmann, a former top SS officer is an adviser to the Egyptian political police.
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