The World - News from Feb. 1, 1985

West Germany has increased to $300,000 the reward for information leading to the capture of Dr. Joseph Mengele, the infamous Nazi war criminal. Mengele has been sought by West Germany since 1959 in the deaths of thousands of prisoners at the Auschwitz death camp. The reward increase, from $15,000, follows the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Many Nazi hunters believe that Mengele is living in Paraguay under the protection of the government of Gen. Alfredo Stroessner. The Stroessner regime has repeatedly denied this.