Talk:Josef Mengele

Problem with some of the sources, especially Levy
I don't know how many of you have looked into Alan Levy's book "Nazi Hunter: Wiesenthal File", but I downloaded it after reading some pretty odd claims on this article that used this book as a citation. Nowhere in the book does it say where he got his information from. How can a book released in 2006 accurately describe events that transpired 60 years ago? I checked the end of the book and it doesn't give any sort of bibliography or citations... WP:TSF, but calling this a tertiary-source is pretty inaccurate in itself, so generally WP:VNT 10:18, 19 October 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.179.51.51 (talk)
 * I have a copy of the book. It was originally published in 1993 (in the UK as The Wiesenthal File), not 2006. It's true the book has no footnotes or bibliography. But Alan Levy was an award-winning journalist and editor-in-chief of The Prague Post, so I don't personally have a problem with this source.Could you please specify which information you are describing as "pretty odd claims" that are sourced to Levy? I checked, and it looks like Levy is only used as a source for fairly routine biographical details such as dates of moves, health issues, and the like, and most of the details supported by Levy citations are also supported by other books.— Diannaa (talk) 13:03, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Photo Source of Surviving Children
What is the source of the photo labeled as being twins? I did not make any changes to the caption because I do not have a Wikipedia-approved source, but I know one of the women in the photo and she's not a twin. The girl in the back left with her face partially obscured is Ruth Muschkies (I think I spelled her family name correctly). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hanover81 (talk • contribs) 00:56, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Lead structure
Currently, there is a sentence in the lead which states:

"He is mainly remembered for his actions at the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) concentration camp, where he performed deadly experiments on prisoners, as a member of the team of doctors who selected victims to be killed in the gas chambers and as one of the doctors who administered the gas."

Since, to my knowledge, all 3 actions were performed at Auschwitz, I would suggest changing it to (or something akin to):

"He is mainly remembered for his actions at the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) concentration camp, where he performed deadly experiments on prisoners, was a member of the team of doctors who selected victims to be killed in the gas chambers, and was one of the doctors who administered the gas."

However, I wanted to get consensus on this or other alternate language. Thanks, ‡ El cid, el campeador  talk  18:35, 27 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Your version is easier to understand and has better flow, so I am in favor. — Diannaa (talk) 23:35, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Frequent Vandalism
Hello, I have noticed that this page, Josef Mengele, is frequently vandalized by anonymous editors. This page should be protected for 30 days or so, as to prevent more vandalism from occurring. Oogalee Boogalee (talk) 05:07, 17 March 2023 (UTC)


 * The IP that has been doing most of it has already been issued a 2-week block. — Diannaa (talk) 19:56, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Pseudo-science?
More out of interest than anything, I'm curious as to why Mengele's views and practices are not described as pseudo-scientific in the article, as compared to eg Trofim Lysenko's. The choice seems deliberate but I'm not aware of a policy or style guide that would cover it. Not arguing for it either way; when I read Lysenko the term was conspicuous in its inclusion and then when I came to compare this page it was conspicuous by contrast in its exclusion. Throwaway85 (talk) 04:10, 30 March 2023 (UTC)


 * We don't have any sources that use that term to describe Mengele or his activities. — Diannaa (talk) 10:35, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

table of contents
Any particular reason why there isn't a table of contents for this article? ~TPW 13:32, 6 June 2023 (UTC)


 * I am seeing a normal table of contents. I am using Vector Legacy (2010) skin on a Chomebook running Chrome browser. — Diannaa (talk) 01:05, 7 June 2023 (UTC)