A Brazilian town sporting an unusual number of blond, blue-eyed twins? Perhaps Nazi Dr. Mengele managed to run an experiment in Candido Godoi, according to one historian. Today's nightmarish real-life Gothic:
Mengele found refuge in the German enclave of Colonias Unidas, Paraguay, and from there, in 1963, began to make regular trips to another predominantly German community just over the border in Brazil – the farming community of Candido Godoi.
And, Mr Camaras claims, it was here that soon after the birthrate of twins began to spiral...
"There is testimony that he attended women, followed their pregnancies, treated them with new types of drugs and preparations, that he talked of artificial insemination in human beings, and that he continued working with animals, proclaiming that he was capable of getting cows to produce male twins."
There's this chilling bit of fond memory:
The urbane German who arrived in Candido Godoi was remembered with fondness by many of the townspeople.
"He told us he was a vet," said Aloisi Finkler, a local farmer interviewed by Mr Camarasa. "He asked about illnesses we had among our animals, and told us not to worry, he could cure them. He appeared a cultured and dignified man."
"He told us he was a vet," said Aloisi Finkler, a local farmer interviewed by Mr Camarasa. "He asked about illnesses we had among our animals, and told us not to worry, he could cure them. He appeared a cultured and dignified man."
The more one thinks about this, the worst it gets.
(via bldgblog)
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Posted by: Ed Webb | January 26, 2009 at 10:28
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Posted by: Bryan Alexander | January 26, 2009 at 19:09