Speech #990036043

Without objection. it is so ordered. The amendment is as follrws: At the end of the bill add the following new sections. Ssc. . (a) The Congress finds that(1) Josef Mengele was the selecting physician at the Nazi concentration camp of AuschwitzBirkenau during the Second World War where he personally sent more than four hundred thousand Jews. including close to two hundred thousand children. to the gas chambers and conducted unspeakable pseudoscientific experiments on many of the inmates of Auschwitz. (2) Josef Mengele has lived in freedom since the end of the Second World War. initially. it is thought. in Germany and. thereafter. for the past thirtyfive years. in South America. (3) Josef Mengele became a naturalized citizen of Paraguay in 1959. and is believed still to be living in the region. and (4) the Minister of the Interior of Paraguay has promised that the Paraguayan Government would undertake a nationwide investigation to locate Josef Mengele and allow foreign observers to participate in such investigation. (b) It is therefore the sense of Congress that(1) the United States Government should undertake all possible efforts to ensure that Josef Mengele is brought to Justice. (2) the Government of Paraguay should. consistent with its previous commitments. carry out an immediate investigation to locate Josef Mengele and. if he is to be found in that country. arrest him and extradite him to a country where a warrant is outstanding for the arrest of Josef Mengele for crimes against humanity. (3) the United States Government should seek to enlist similar efforts on the part of other regional governments: and Mey 15. 1985 (4) in pursuance of these ends. the United States Government should send representatives to Paraguay and such other regional states as appropriate to participate in these investigations. (c) Report to Congress on efforts of the Government of Paraguay to apprehend Josef Mengele. SEc. The President shall submit a report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate on the efforts made by the Government of Paraguay to apprehend Josef Mengele.