The Hooton Plan (1943-2019)
In 1943, Dr. Ernest A. Hooton of Harvard University wrote an article entitled "Breed War Strain Out of Germans,” published in the New York newspaper PM.
In the article he proposed four measures with an objective to "destroy German nationalism and aggressive ideology while retaining and perpetuating desirable German biological and sociological capacities.”
Hooton wrote these measures as follows:
1) Execute or imprison for life all leaders of the Nazi party; permanently exile all professional army officers.
2) For a period of 20 years or more utilize the bulk of the present German army as rehabilitation labor units in devastated areas of the Allied Nations in Europe and elsewhere. These laborers should NOT be allowed to return to Germany.
The objects of this measure include reduction of the birth rate of "pure" Germans, neutralization of German aggressiveness by outbreeding, and denationalization of indoctrinated individuals.
3) Divide the German Reich into several states, permitting each, after a suitable interval of supervision & gov’t by the Allied Nations, to choose its own form of non-Fascist gov’t. The object of this measure is to destroy the national framework of unified German aggression.
4) During the period of supervision and occupation of the several states by armies and civilian staffs of the Allied Nations, encourage members of these groups to intermarry with the German women and to settle there permanently (Colby).
In 1943, Dr. Ernest A. Hooton of Harvard University wrote an article entitled "Breed War Strain Out of Germans,” published in the New York newspaper PM.
In the article he proposed four measures with an objective to "destroy German nationalism and aggressive ideology while retaining and perpetuating desirable German biological and sociological capacities.”
Hooton wrote these measures as follows:
1) Execute or imprison for life all leaders of the Nazi party; permanently exile all professional army officers.
2) For a period of 20 years or more utilize the bulk of the present German army as rehabilitation labor units in devastated areas of the Allied Nations in Europe and elsewhere. These laborers should NOT be allowed to return to Germany.
The objects of this measure include reduction of the birth rate of "pure" Germans, neutralization of German aggressiveness by outbreeding, and denationalization of indoctrinated individuals.
3) Divide the German Reich into several states, permitting each, after a suitable interval of supervision & gov’t by the Allied Nations, to choose its own form of non-Fascist gov’t. The object of this measure is to destroy the national framework of unified German aggression.
4) During the period of supervision and occupation of the several states by armies and civilian staffs of the Allied Nations, encourage members of these groups to intermarry with the German women and to settle there permanently (Colby).