The West German Government does not know the present whereabouts of Dr. Josef Mengele, the former Auschwitz murder camp “selection” doctor, a Foreign Office spokesman declared today.
Under Secretary Karl Carsteas, answering a question posed by Social Democratic Deputy Gerhardi Jahn, told the Bundestag that rumors that Mengele, whose assignment at the camp was to choose victims for death, was residing in Paraguay, had been proven false. He said “we have been assured by the Government of Paraguay that he is not in that country.”
The deputy then asked “Do you know where he is?” and the Under Secretary replied, “I ‘o, but we are searching for him.” Dr. Mengele, sought as an accomplice to murder, recently protested, through his wife, the action of two West German universities which deprive him of his doctorate titles, The legal action is being handled for him i absentia by an attorney empowered to represent his interests.
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