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Switzerland to open long‑sealed files on Auschwitz doctor Josef Mengele

newsMay 16, 2026552

The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service announced it will open long-sealed intelligence files on Auschwitz doctor Josef Mengele, but it gave no timetable for releasing them. Historians have repeatedly requested access after years of refusals, and researchers hope the archives will clarify whether Swiss institutions knew of or assisted Mengele's postwar movements. Mengele fled Europe in 1949 and took a skiing holiday in the Swiss Alps with his son Rolf in 1956, so the records could provide new evidence important to survivors, descendants, and accountability efforts.

Margot Finn
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'The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service has said it will finally open long-sealed files on the notorious Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, but without saying when.' 'Historians have repeatedly requested access to the files, but until now the Swiss authorities have refused.' #Skystorians

4145d ago
TVP World
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Switzerland will open long-sealed intelligence files on Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz doctor known as the “Angel of Death,” after a legal challenge by historians.

644d ago
Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence
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Switzerland to open secret files on Auschwitz 'Angel of Death' Mengele www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

545d ago
longislandtonv.bsky.social
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LFG, Switzerland. What the hell are you waiting for?? Whatever you know, the survivors, their descendants, and the world deserves to know, now! www.bbc.com/news/article...

45d ago
Kishkafka
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This fucker and the Swiss government still protecting themselves. Ugh bbc.com/news/article...

45d ago
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