The Disappearance of Josef Mengele

1949: Josef Mengele arrives in Buenos Aires. Hiding under a false identity, the former Auschwitz torture doctor believes he can invent a new life for himself. Juan and Evita Perón's Argentina is benevolent, the whole world wants to forget the Nazi crimes. This is Josef Mengele's wanderings in South America until his mysterious death on a Brazilian beach in 1979. How did the SS doctor manage to slip through the net for thirty years and enjoy such impunity?

Adapted from the work of Olivier Guez, The Disappearance of Josef Mengele is the true story of his post-war escape, one of the greatest manhunts of the late 20th century. An incredible plunge into the heart of darkness.