๐งตJosef Mengele meticulously documented his experiments at Auschwitz, proud of his horrifying work. He meticulously recorded his experiments, and he would have been angered by attempts to deny the horrors despite the testimonies of Jewish survivors who suffered through his atrocities.
Who was Josef Mengele, and who were his victims? Please read the thread below and let's explore together only 10 out of thousands of his experiments.
Introduction: Josef Mengele, known as the "Angel of Death," was a German SS officer and physician at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.
Born on March 16, 1911, in Gรผnzburg, Germany, Mengele earned a doctorate in anthropology and a medical degree, which he later used to conduct horrifying human experiments.
He was infamous for his brutal and inhumane medical experiments on prisoners, especially twins, in the Auschwitz extermination camp.
1/ Eva Mozes Kor and Miriam Mozes Zeiger:
Experiments: Known as "Mengele's Twins," Eva and Miriam were subjected to daily measurements, injections of unknown substances, and painful surgical procedures without anesthesia. Mengele's experiments included attempts to change eye color by injecting chemicals into their eyes, transfusing blood between twins, and performing invasive exploratory surgeries. These procedures often led to infections, severe pain, and long-term health issues. Miriam suffered kidney problems later in life, likely due to the strain of Mengele's experiments on her young body. There are documented photographs of both Eva and Miriam during their time at Auschwitz and in later life.
2/ The Dwarves of Auschwitz (Ovitz Family):
Experiments: The Ovitz family, a group of seven dwarf siblings, were subjected to extensive and brutal experiments by Mengele, who was fascinated by their genetic makeup. They underwent countless blood draws, X-rays, and painful physical examinations. Mengele performed invasive procedures without anesthesia, attempting to understand the genetic basis of their dwarfism. The Ovitz family was forced to endure these procedures repeatedly, causing severe pain, trauma, and long-term health issues. Photographs of the Ovitz family exist, capturing their unique appearance and their suffering.
3/ Vera and Olga Bejewski:
Experiments: Twin sisters Vera and Olga were subjected to Mengele's fascination with twins and his quest to understand genetic inheritance. They endured frequent blood draws, injections with various substances including infectious agents, and surgical procedures such as spinal taps performed without anesthesia. Mengele's relentless pursuit of scientific knowledge through their suffering caused severe infections, permanent physical disabilities, and psychological trauma that haunted them for the rest of their lives. There are documented photographs of Vera and Olga during their imprisonment.
4/ Alex Dekel:
Experiments: Alex Dekel was subjected to Mengele's experiments involving surgery without anesthesia. Mengele performed exploratory surgeries, removing organs and tissues to study the effects on the human body. Dekel endured unimaginable pain and long-term health complications as a result of these inhumane procedures. His testimony provided crucial evidence of the brutal methods employed by Mengele. Photographs of Alex Dekel are available, documenting his survival and post-war life.
5/ Jona Laks:
Experiments: Jona Laks, a twin, was subjected to Mengele's experiments designed to study genetic similarities and differences. She and her twin sister were injected with various substances, underwent blood transfusions, and endured invasive surgical procedures without anesthesia. These experiments left Jona with severe physical and psychological trauma, enduring lifelong health issues. Photographs of Jona Laks exist, capturing her experiences during and after the Holocaust.
6/ Zvi Spiegel:
Experiments: Zvi Spiegel was subjected to numerous medical experiments by Mengele, including exposure to infectious agents and forced participation in grueling physical endurance tests. Spiegel's body was used to study the effects of extreme conditions and medical interventions, resulting in severe physical injuries and psychological trauma. His testimony shed light on the full extent of Mengele's cruel and inhumane practices. Photographs of Zvi Spiegel are available, documenting his survival and resilience.
7/ Irene Hizme and Rene Hizme:
Experiments: Twin siblings who were among Mengele's subjects for genetic studies and physical examinations at Auschwitz. Irene and Rene endured injections with infectious agents, measurements of physical attributes, and invasive surgical procedures aimed at studying genetics and heredity. The twins suffered long-lasting physical and psychological trauma from Mengele's cruel and inhumane experiments, which left them with enduring scars and health complications. There are photographs of Irene and Rene Hizme from their time at Auschwitz and later in life.
8/ Shlomo Venezia:
Experiments: A Jewish survivor who was subjected to various experiments by Mengele, including exposure to infectious diseases and forced participation in medical tests. Venezia's testimony provided chilling details of the horrors inflicted upon prisoners at Auschwitz, including the physical and psychological torture endured under Mengele's regime. His account shed light on the systematic cruelty and inhumanity that defined Mengele's experiments, leaving a legacy of suffering and trauma among survivors. Shlomo Venezia's photographs are available, documenting his experiences.
9/ Liliana Segre:
Experiments: A Jewish survivor who was selected by Mengele for his experiments, including injections with infectious agents and studies on hereditary traits. Liliana endured physical and emotional torture, including witnessing the suffering of fellow prisoners subjected to Mengele's sadistic experiments. Her testimony after the war contributed to documenting the atrocities committed by Mengele and the enduring trauma experienced by Holocaust survivors. Photographs of Liliana Segre are available, showing her during and after the Holocaust.
10/ Renate Guttmann:
Experiments: Renate Guttmann, a twin, was subjected to Mengele's experiments aimed at understanding genetic inheritance and physical differences. She and her twin brother were exposed to numerous injections, blood transfusions, and invasive procedures. Renate's accounts detail the pain and fear they experienced, as well as the long-term health consequences of Mengele's cruel experiments. Photographs of Renate Guttmann exist, capturing her as a child and as an adult.
Conclusion: The stories of these victims of Josef Mengeleโs brutal experiments serve as harrowing reminders of the depths of human cruelty. Each account reflects unimaginable suffering and the strong spirit of those who survived to tell their tales.
We can never forget their pain and the atrocities they endured. Denying these horrors is an insult to their memory and an insult to the profound truth of their experiences. The evidence is irrefutable, and the trauma remains engraved in history. To deny the Holocaust and Mengele's crimes is to perpetuate hate and ignorance. We must always remember and ensure that such inhumanity is never repeated.
#NeverForget
#NeverAgain
Correction: number 10 might be the wrong photo, I'll attach the right one once I confirm..
P.S. In the 1960s, Mossad was closing in on Josef Mengele, Their agents were about to capture him in South America, but a sudden directive changed their mission. Egypt was developing a ballistic missile program with the help of ex-Nazi scientists, posing a direct and immediate threat to Israel. Mossad was ordered to prioritize dismantling this project over capturing Mengele. So, the mission shifted focus, and Mengele evaded capture,
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๐งต๐งตA Mayor for Gaza, in the City of Jews๐งต๐งต
Thread: There is something extremely alarming happening in New York right now.
Zohran Mamdani is running, and according to expectations, he could become the next mayor of a city that holds the largest Jewish population outside of Israel.
Yet somehow, his campaign has made his hatred toward Israel one of its defining features.
It almost feels as if he is running for mayor of Gaza, not New York. Because how else do you explain making your central message one that alienates nearly a million Jews in your own city?
But, this is actually a test of memory.
Because New Yorkโs Jewish history is about survival.
Every street in this city carries a piece of Jewish endurance.
Every building, every synagogue, every school was built by people who rebuilt themselves.
Generation after generation, Jews came here with nothing and started again while the rest of the world looked away from their suffering.
To understand how serious this is, you have to understand what New York has meant to the Jewish people for more than three hundred years.
Part I: The Beginning of a New World.
The Jewish story in New York begins in 1654. Twenty-three refugees arrived from Brazil, Portuguese Jews who had already fled the Inquisition once and were now running again, this time from forced conversion under Dutch rule.
When they landed in New Amsterdam, they met Governor Peter Stuyvesant, who tried to kick them out. He called Jews deceitful and unwelcome. But the Jewish settlers fought back and won. They stayed, built a small synagogue, and formed Shearith Israel, the first Jewish congregation in North America.
It was a humble beginning, but it set the pattern for everything that followed: resistance, survival, and faith in a place that was not sure it wanted them.
For generations afterward, Jews in New York lived quietly. But they stayed. And when the doors of Europe closed, this city became their last open gate.
Part 2: The Flood of Souls.
Between 1880 and 1920, more than two million Jews arrived in America, and most came through New York. They came from Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Galicia, and Russia, from towns where their synagogues had been burned and their children spat on.
They settled in the Lower East Side, one of the most overcrowded neighborhoods on earth. Ten people to a room. Beds rented by the hour. Kids working in garment factories. Mothers sewing late into the night. But even in that poverty, there was something precious they had never known before: safety.
In the Lower East Side, a Jew could walk freely wearing a yarmulke. He could open a Yiddish newspaper, build a synagogue, start a union. The streets buzzed with Jewish life, with the hum of sewing machines and the sound of Hebrew prayers.
Yes, it was poor and chaotic, but alive. Out of that poverty came strength, community, and identity. The kind of identity that would carry Jews through the darkest century ahead.
Not that we have to even slightly justify our existence in this country, but letโs entertain a thought experiment for the people who fantasize about โremoving the Jewsโ from America.
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Here are just some of the companies, hospitals, universities, and cultural institutions built or led by Jewish Americans.
Now imagine the U.S. without them. ๐งต
1 - Goldman Sachs, founded in 1869 by Marcus Goldman, a German-Jewish immigrant, and later joined by his son-in-law Samuel Sachs, started as a small commercial paper business. It grew into a global investment bank influencing U.S. markets, policy, and corporate growth for over 150 years.
2 - Lehman Brothers (1850), created by Henry, Emanuel, and Mayer Lehman, Jewish immigrants from Bavaria. They began as dry goods merchants in Alabama, eventually moving to New York and becoming a central player in American finance, helping fund railroads, industry, and innovation for more than a century.
๐งต๐งตYou want to use words like genocide, holocaust, famine, ethnic cleansing? ๐งต๐งต๐งต
Fine. Let me show you what those words actually mean.
This thread contains real photos. Not made with AI. Not filtered. Real human beings, who were starved to bones, dumped in piles, burned, gassed, shot, exterminated like rats, for no reason at all.
This is what a genocide looks like.
Not a war, not a siege, and not a conflict.
But an actual system built to erase Jews from existence.
๐งต๐งตThread: Before the Jewish return, the land of Israel was a land without industry or infrastructure, ravaged by neglect and poverty under Ottoman rule. Visitors dismissed it as barren, lifeless, and forgotten.
In 1867, Mark Twain saw it with his own eyes and called it barren, lifeless, and hopeless.
This thread breaks down what he saw, what it meant, and why Zionists were right to quote him ๐งต๐งต
1/10
Twainโs visit to Palestine in 1867, documented in The Innocents Abroad, was part of a luxury cruise through Europe and the Ottoman Empire. He wasnโt on a political mission. He was writing for an American audience hungry for satire, travel commentary, and biblical reflection.
But his words left a deep impression: he called Palestine โa desolate country,โ a place where โwe never saw a human being on the whole route,โ with โbarren hills,โ โunsightly deserts,โ and โno solitary village for thirty miles.โ
Zionists have rightly cited these words to show that the land was far from flourishing before Jewish pioneers arrived to revive and rebuild it.
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Palestine in the mid-19th century was part of crumbling and decaying Ottoman Empire. It had no real economy, no national identity, and no development vision. The roads were dangerous, infrastructure was nearly nonexistent, and large stretches of land were either abandoned, overgrown, or infested with malaria.
Twain arrived at the end of the dry season, in September, when even the fertile regions appeared scorched and barren. He was reacting to what he saw and what he didnโt see: people, life, movement, productivity. Compared to the biblical scene he had imagined as a child in Missouri, the actual Holy Land felt ruined and forgotten.
His disappointment was genuine, not political. Twainโs blunt, unfiltered descriptions reflect the reality Jewish pioneers later confrontedโa land in desperate need of revival, exactly what Zionism set out to achieve.
๐งต๐งตThread: How Newspapers Helped Kill 6 Million Jews๐งต๐งต
The Holocaust didnโt begin with Auschwitz, cattle cars, ghettos, or death marches.
It began years earlier, with headlines, street posters, and newspapers displayed in glass cases for children to read on their way to school.
Before Jews were hunted or deported, they were redefined and dehumanized.
Day by day, word by word, the German society was trained:
๐น To fear their neighbors
๐น To laugh at their suffering
๐น To feel nothing when they vanished
This wasnโt hidden rhetoric. It was state-sponsored journalism.
And it happened in broad daylight on every street corner.
The goal wasnโt just to hate the Jew.
It was to unsee the Jew as human.
This thread is about how Nazi newspapers like Der Stรผrmer and Vรถlkischer Beobachter made genocide not just possible but actually popular.
And why their methods still matter today.
1/12 โ How Nazi Newspapers Paved the Road to Genocide
Joseph Goebbels, head of the Ministry of Propaganda, understood that public opinion could be shaped long before violence ever began. He knew that if people saw Jews not as individuals, but as threats to society, it would become easier to justify discrimination, exclusion, and eventually mass murder.
To achieve this, the Nazi regime used newspapers as a primary tool for dehumanization. The two most influential publications were:
1 โ Der Stรผrmer, a weekly paper filled with crude antisemitic cartoons, conspiracy theories, and inflammatory headlines. It appealed to emotion, fear, and hatred.
2 โ Vรถlkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the Nazi Party. Unlike Der Stรผrmer, it presented itself as a serious and intellectual publication, using political and economic arguments to portray Jews as a danger to Germanyโs future.
Together, these two papers reached millions of Germans each week. They didnโt simply report eventsโthey shaped how those events were understood. Through constant repetition of antisemitic themes and moral framing, they slowly shifted the publicโs perception of Jews from citizens to enemies.
This was not passive information. It was active indoctrination.
So yes, before the physical destruction came the psychological one.
2/12 โ Der Stรผrmer: Hate on Every Corner
Der Stรผrmer was edited by Julius Streicher, a fanatical antisemite and early Nazi.
It was crass, sensational, and borderline p*rn*graphic. And it was everywhere.
Streicherโs headlines usually screamed lines like:
โThe Jew is the Worldโs Misfortuneโ
โJewish Murder Lustโ
โThe Parasite Among Usโ
Its cartoons were obscene. Its articles accused Jews of blood libel, s*xual perversion, financial treason, and everything in between.
And you didnโt even need to buy it.
Nazi display boxesโStรผrmer-Kรคstenโwere mounted across towns and cities. Children passed them on the way to school. Housewives on their way to the market. There was no escape, everyone saw it, and everyone read it.
The more grotesque the paper became, the more normalized the message became.
๐งตThis July 4th, letโs honor the Jewish patriots who helped secure Americaโs independence.
Though only 2,000โ3,000 Jews lived in the colonies, they made huge contributions, from financing the war, fighting on the front lines, to advocating for liberty, and helping lay the groundwork for religious freedom.
Here are some of the Jewish heroes of the American Revolution ๐บ๐ธ๐
1/ Haym Salomon โ The Financier of the Revolution
Born in Poland in 1740, Haym Salomon was a Sephardic Jew who immigrated to New York. Fluent in several languages, he used his skills to work as a broker and translator for foreign merchants, and later for the Patriot cause.
During the war, Salomon became a prime financier for the Continental Congress. He helped sell war bonds and raised personal loans from wealthy French and Spanish Jews to support Washingtonโs army when Congress lacked funds.
He personally gave over $650,000, more than $14 million in todayโs money, including $20,000 for the final campaign at Yorktown, without which the decisive victory may not have happened.
Captured twice by the British as a suspected spy, he bribed his way out of prison and resumed his efforts, even helping British-held prisoners escape.
Despite his immense contribution, he died in 1785 nearly penniless, having sacrificed everything for the American cause. His gravestone reads: โAn American patriot.โ
2/ Francis Salvador โ The Paul Revere of the South
Francis Salvador was born into a wealthy Sephardic Jewish family in London and later emigrated to South Carolina, becoming a plantation owner. In 1774, he made history as the first Jew elected to public office in the American colonies.
A passionate revolutionary, Salvador represented South Carolina in the Provincial Congress, where he pushed for independence from Britain and advocated strongly for colonial unity.
When Cherokee forces, encouraged by the British, attacked Patriot settlements in 1776, Salvador famously rode 30 miles through the night to warn local militiasโsimilar to Paul Revereโs ride.
He joined the militia to defend his community and was mortally wounded in a skirmish with the Cherokees. He was scalped by their British-allied warriors and died at age 29.
He became the first Jewish soldier killed in the American Revolutionโa martyr for a country that still hadnโt fully accepted him.