- "Mitts off, Mengele!"
- —Ray Palmer comparing Eobard Thawne to Mengele[src]
Mengele was a Nazi medical scientist on Earth-1.
Biography[]
At some point, Mengele had become a notorious Nazi scientist on Earth-1 known for human experimentations.[1]
During the surgery, Felicity Smoak warned Iris West-Allen that Kara Danvers "only has few hours before they go full Mengele on her". Ray Palmer compared Eobard Thawne to Mengele as the latter was a Nazi party member on Earth-X at the time, dressed in a medical garb as he was about to dissect Kara Danvers to extract her heart for her Earth-X doppelgänger to transplant.[2]
Appearances[]
The Flash[]
Season 4[]
- "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3" (mentioned)
DC's Legends of Tomorrow[]
Season 3[]
- "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" (mentioned)
Behind the scenes[]
- In the real world Josef Mengele was a member of Schutzstaffel and a medical doctor notorious for conducting human experimentations in concentration camps.
- Eobard Thawne's surgical garb which drawn comparison to Mengele is indeed similar to how Mengele is often depicted in popular culture.