H.H. LAUGHLIN: American Scientist. American Progressive. Nazi Collaborator.

A.E. Samaan

Nov 2020 · Eugenics Anthology Book 2 · Library Without Walls, LLC

About this ebook

H.H. Laughlin was crucial for the Nazi’s crusade to breed a “master race.” This American positioned himself to have a significant effect on the world’s population. During his career Laughlin:

~ Wrote the “Model Eugenical Law” copied by the Nazis to draft the Nuremberg racial decrees.

~ Was appointed as an “expert” witness for the U.S. Congress when the 1924 Immigration Restriction Act was passed. The 1924 Act would prevent Jewish refugees from reaching the safety of U.S. shores during The Holocaust.

~ Provided the “scientific” basis for the 1927 Supreme Court case of Buck v. Bell that made “eugenic sterilization” legal in the United States. Over 80,000 Americans were sterilized against their will as a consequence.

~ Defended Hitler's Nuremberg decrees as “scientifically” sound in the American press in order to dispel the criticism of Nazi eugenics.

~ Created the political organization that ensured that “scientific racialism” would survive the negative taint of The Holocaust and be instrumental in the Jim Crow era of American legislative racism.

     H.H. Laughlin was given an honorary degree from Heidelberg University by Hitler's government, specifically for these accomplishments. Yet, no one has ever written a book on Laughlin. Despite the vast number of books about The Holocaust, Laughlin is mostly unknown outside of academic circles. 

      H.H. Laughlin was funded by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C. This author was given permission to survey the institution’s Laughlin’s archived correspondence. These documents had not been seen for decades and were all but lost to history. They are the backbone of this book as they evidence Laughlin’s collaboration with Hitler’s henchmen. The story told by these long-forgotten documents intensifies at the juncture when the Carnegie leadership came to the horrible realization that one of its most recognized scientists was supporting Hitler’s regime.

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NOTE: This book was circulated amongst academic circles and other interested parties as an Advanced Readers Copy (A.R.C.) in 2015. It is a part the Eugenics Anthology seven-book series that is currently being completed by A.E. Samaan. Hardbound versions of the books will not be released until the series is complete, and all the puzzle pieces in place. For more information, please visit EugenicsAnthology.com

About the author

A.E. Samaan is an author, industrial designer, and photographer. He is a CMATH Champion at the Center for Medicine After the Holocaust. His main literary work is the Eugenics Anthology, which covers the history of eugenics and scientific racism from its onset on through WWII and The Holocaust.

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Garland E Allen is regarded as one of the premiere voices on the American eugenics movement, its connections to the Nazi Holocaust, and its enduring legacy as scientific racism. Professor Allen wrote the Foreword to H.H. Laughlin: American Scientist. American Progressive. Nazi Collaborator. Professor Allen currently works at the Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis. Garland does research in the history and philosophy of Genetics, Embryology and Evolutionary Biology.