27. From Experimenting on Concentration Camp Prisoners to Experimenting on Unwitting American Test Subjects
In the US, Dr. Hoffmann remained true to his evil Nazi experiments form: his test subjects in America, mostly enlisted military personnel and federal prison inmates, were not told that they were being given toxins. In the 1950s, Hoffmann worked on developing various chemical agents for the government, such as Agent Blue, Agent White, and Agent Orange. The last was a herbicide used to defoliate vegetation, and its widespread use during the Vietnam War ended up harming soldiers and civilians alike, from both sides of the conflict.
Starting in 1952, Hoffmann also began working side gigs for the CIA. His projects for US intelligence included oxygen deprivation experiments similar to Nazi ones conducted during the war on concentration camp inmates. He later joined the staff of a CIA front organization named Chemrophyl Associates, and worked on developing the chemicals used in the CIA’s various attempts to assassinate Cuba’s Fidel Castro. Hoffman finally died in 1967, having gotten away scot-free and never been held to account for his medical atrocities.
