title: Identification of the cadaver remains of Josef Mengele.
abstract: In 1985 at the cemetery in Embu near Sao Paulo, Brazil, parts of a skeleton were exhumed, and now these parts have been examined to determine whether they are the remains of the corpse of Dr. Josef Mengele, the camp doctor of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The osteometrical and osteological findings ascertained correspond completely and consistently without contradiction with all the available personal data of Josef Mengele. Through a method of electronic visual mixing for the identification of the skull, it was determined that all the authentic pictures available used for comparison correspond definitely and consistently to the exhumed skull.
authors.affiliation: Institut of Forensic Medicine, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Fed. Rep. of Germany.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Helmer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001938:Brazil; D002508:Cephalometry; D005197:Famous Persons; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010781:Photography; D014858:War Crimes / Q000266:history