Lothrop Stoddard

Theodore Lothrop Stoddard (June 29, 1883 – May 1, 1950) was an American white supremacist historian, journalist, and political scientist. Stoddard wrote several books which advocated eugenics and scientific racism, the most famous of which was The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy (1920). He advocated a racial hierarchy which needed to be preserved through anti-miscegenation laws. Stoddard's books were widely read both inside and outside the United States. He was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, where his books were recommended reading.Stoddard's work influenced the Nazi government of Germany, and a book which he published in 1922 introduced the term Untermensch into Nazi conceptions of race. As a journalist he spent time in Germany during World War II, where he interviewed several prominent Nazi officials. After the end of the war, Stoddard's writing faded from popularity.