Children of Flames was written by Lucette Matalon Lagnado, a book that took her over six years to write. She got the idea to find the Mengele twins, as they were called, after a discussion with Larry Smith, now former editor of Parade magazine. For her research, she had to use a wide range of resources, including David Marwell, the chief historian of the U.S. Department's Office of Special Investigations, and the magazine editors Bunte and Stern for the original documents written by Dr. Mengele. The book begins with Beppo Mengele as a child in Günzburg, Germany, with quotes from his later "children" from the death camps. These added quotes relate to what is happening in Mengele's own life and enrich the story. It was said “that there was nothing in Josef Mengele’s youth that would have prepared him for the notoriety that was destined to engulf him” (Lagnato 31). The majority of the book takes place in Auschwitz, but the setting then shifts to South America as Dr. Mengele flees Europe and its war crimes. Explained in the book, Josef Mengele was drawn into the Nazi movement...