Feb 2019
Josef Mengele /ˈmɛŋɡələ/; German: [ˈmɛŋələ];
16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979 was a German
Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician
in Auschwitz concentration camp
during World War II. He performed deadly human
experiments on prisoners and was a member
of the team of doctors who selected victims
to be killed in the gas chambers.
Arrivals that were judged able to work
were admitted into the camp, while those deemed
unsuitable for labor were sent to the gas chambers
to be killed. With Red Army troops sweeping
through Poland, Mengele was transferred
280 kilometers (170 mi) from Auschwitz
to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp
on 17 January 1945, just ten days before the arrival
of the Soviet forces at Auschwitz.
After the war, he fled to South America
where he evaded capture for the rest of his life.
Superficial is the debut studio album
by American television personality Heidi Montag,
digitally released on January 11, 2010
by Warner Music Group. After being cast
in the reality television series The Hills
and subsequently achieving public notability,
she entered the music industry
and began recording the project in 2007.
However, it suffered from several setbacks
after recorded material intended for the project
was leaked and proved unsuccessful.
Montag enlisted collaborators Steve Morales,
Chris Rojas, The Runners, Sebastian Jacome,
Fingazz during its production. Superficial
received mixed to negative reviews
from music critics. It debuted at number 41
on the U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Albums
Chart with first-week sales of approximately
1,000 copies. Consequently, the record did not earn back the $2 million
that Montag spent during its production;
she later blamed its failure on inadequate
promotional efforts. "Superficial"
was released as the only single
from the record on November 22, 2009;
its accompanying music video
was premiered in April 2010. Montag
additionally performed her track
"Body Language", which was initially
planned for inclusion on Superficial,
at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant
on August 23, 2009. In 1942,
Auschwitz II Birkenau, originally
intended to house slave laborers,
began to be used instead as a combined
labor camp and extermination camp.
Prisoners were transported there
by rail from all over German-occupied
Europe, arriving in daily convoys.
By July 1942, SS doctors were conducting
"selections" where incoming Jews
were segregated, and those considered able
to work were admitted into the camp
while those deemed unfit for labor
were immediately killed
in the gas chambers.The arrivals
that were selected to die, about three-quarters
of the total, a included almost
all children In August 2007, a demo version
of Montag's song "Body Language"
was leaked on On Air with Ryan Seacrest,
which featured an uncredited rapped verse
by Montag's boyfriend Spencer Pratt.
Montag has claimed she was unhappy
with the leak, as the song was a "joke"
and she did not want that to be
the first thing people heard from her musically.
Montag released the promo single,
"Higher" along with an accompanying
video shot by Pratt to iTunes on February 5, 2008.
The song and the video immediately
elicited a negative response
from the online community.
Two weeks later, a ballad titled "No More"
was leaked online, and Montag later released
it as a promotional single the following month.
Two more songs, "Fashion" and
"One More Drink" appeared on the internet
in June 2008.Consequently, Montag released
the extended plays Wherever I Am and Here She Is...,
which were made up of previously leaked material.
Following the album's release,
Montag stated "I've actually gone broke
putting every dollar I've ever made
and my heart and soul into this music.
For me, I have a different appreciation,
a different understanding, and a different love
of my music and for my album
than any other artist possibly could."
Montag later confirmed she spent nearly $2 million on the album.
Initially, the album was to include
Montag's debut single, "Body Language",
but the song was later removed from the final product.
The album was eventually released
on January 11, 2010 for digital download
The record was originally announced
to be titled Heidi Montag, later Independent,
and eventually The One. In 2009,
Montag stated that the record would be titled
Superficial, commenting that "that's the world
she lives in and how people think she is
but it's really just the surface" Its intended
cover was shot by Liz Ciganovich,
who commented that it was inspired
by Montag's earlier music video for her song "Overdosin'"
and "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John.
It depicted Montag dressed in a strapless,
polka-dotted leotard in front of a wall of cassettes,
which she described as a "shout out to the '80s"
and "makes you remember
when you just had to run out to the record store
and get your favorite album". However,
the official cover was later revealed
to be an image of Montag in a short black dress
posing in front of a large camera lens.
16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979 was a German
Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician
in Auschwitz concentration camp
during World War II. He performed deadly human
experiments on prisoners and was a member
of the team of doctors who selected victims
to be killed in the gas chambers.
Arrivals that were judged able to work
were admitted into the camp, while those deemed
unsuitable for labor were sent to the gas chambers
to be killed. With Red Army troops sweeping
through Poland, Mengele was transferred
280 kilometers (170 mi) from Auschwitz
to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp
on 17 January 1945, just ten days before the arrival
of the Soviet forces at Auschwitz.
After the war, he fled to South America
where he evaded capture for the rest of his life.
Superficial is the debut studio album
by American television personality Heidi Montag,
digitally released on January 11, 2010
by Warner Music Group. After being cast
in the reality television series The Hills
and subsequently achieving public notability,
she entered the music industry
and began recording the project in 2007.
However, it suffered from several setbacks
after recorded material intended for the project
was leaked and proved unsuccessful.
Montag enlisted collaborators Steve Morales,
Chris Rojas, The Runners, Sebastian Jacome,
Fingazz during its production. Superficial
received mixed to negative reviews
from music critics. It debuted at number 41
on the U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Albums
Chart with first-week sales of approximately
1,000 copies. Consequently, the record did not earn back the $2 million
that Montag spent during its production;
she later blamed its failure on inadequate
promotional efforts. "Superficial"
was released as the only single
from the record on November 22, 2009;
its accompanying music video
was premiered in April 2010. Montag
additionally performed her track
"Body Language", which was initially
planned for inclusion on Superficial,
at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant
on August 23, 2009. In 1942,
Auschwitz II Birkenau, originally
intended to house slave laborers,
began to be used instead as a combined
labor camp and extermination camp.
Prisoners were transported there
by rail from all over German-occupied
Europe, arriving in daily convoys.
By July 1942, SS doctors were conducting
"selections" where incoming Jews
were segregated, and those considered able
to work were admitted into the camp
while those deemed unfit for labor
were immediately killed
in the gas chambers.The arrivals
that were selected to die, about three-quarters
of the total, a included almost
all children In August 2007, a demo version
of Montag's song "Body Language"
was leaked on On Air with Ryan Seacrest,
which featured an uncredited rapped verse
by Montag's boyfriend Spencer Pratt.
Montag has claimed she was unhappy
with the leak, as the song was a "joke"
and she did not want that to be
the first thing people heard from her musically.
Montag released the promo single,
"Higher" along with an accompanying
video shot by Pratt to iTunes on February 5, 2008.
The song and the video immediately
elicited a negative response
from the online community.
Two weeks later, a ballad titled "No More"
was leaked online, and Montag later released
it as a promotional single the following month.
Two more songs, "Fashion" and
"One More Drink" appeared on the internet
in June 2008.Consequently, Montag released
the extended plays Wherever I Am and Here She Is...,
which were made up of previously leaked material.
Following the album's release,
Montag stated "I've actually gone broke
putting every dollar I've ever made
and my heart and soul into this music.
For me, I have a different appreciation,
a different understanding, and a different love
of my music and for my album
than any other artist possibly could."
Montag later confirmed she spent nearly $2 million on the album.
Initially, the album was to include
Montag's debut single, "Body Language",
but the song was later removed from the final product.
The album was eventually released
on January 11, 2010 for digital download
The record was originally announced
to be titled Heidi Montag, later Independent,
and eventually The One. In 2009,
Montag stated that the record would be titled
Superficial, commenting that "that's the world
she lives in and how people think she is
but it's really just the surface" Its intended
cover was shot by Liz Ciganovich,
who commented that it was inspired
by Montag's earlier music video for her song "Overdosin'"
and "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John.
It depicted Montag dressed in a strapless,
polka-dotted leotard in front of a wall of cassettes,
which she described as a "shout out to the '80s"
and "makes you remember
when you just had to run out to the record store
and get your favorite album". However,
the official cover was later revealed
to be an image of Montag in a short black dress
posing in front of a large camera lens.
