Swiss Intelligence Publishes Dossier On Nazi Doctor Mengele

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) has published online the dossier held at the Federal Archives on Josef Mengele, the concentration camp doctor known as the "Angel of Death of Auschwitz". This followed a legal dispute over access to the dossier, which had initially been refused. Select your language

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The intelligence service had wrongly refused access to the dossierExternal link, as the FIS announced on Thursday. It stated that it had assumed the protection period, which had been extended under archiving law, would run until the end of 2071. It was only after a complaint was lodged against the most recent refusal of access, which took place in February 2026, that it became clear the FIS was in the wrong.

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