ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 November 1987
Page Count: 23

Identification of the Cadaver Remains of Josef Mengele
Helmer, RP
Assistant professor, Institut of Forensic Medicine, Christian-Albrechts University,

(Received 4 December 1987; accepted 26 March 1987)

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.

Keywords:
criminalistics, human identification, musculoskeletal system, superimposition, skull identification, photo superimposition, video technique superimposition

Paper ID: JFS11221J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11221J
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