Blitzed

Drugs in Nazi Germany

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Blitzed

Written by: Norman Ohler, Shaun Whiteside - translator

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

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The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's gripping best seller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs: cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth, used by everyone from factory workers to housewives, and crucial to troops; resilience - even partly explaining German victory in 1940.

The promiscuous use of drugs at the very highest levels also impaired and confused decision-making, with Hitler and his entourage taking refuge in potentially lethal cocktails of stimulants administered by the physician Dr Morell as the war turned against Germany. While drugs cannot on their own explain the events of the Second World War or its outcome, Ohler shows, they change our understanding of it. Blitzed forms a crucial missing piece of the story.

Europe

Germany

Military

Wars & Conflicts

World War II

Critic Reviews

"Bursting with interesting facts." ( Vice)
"Extremely interesting...a serious piece of scholarship, very well researched." (Ian Kershaw)

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This book lets you see the Second World War from a totally different perspective. Be it Methamphetamine during the Blitz or opiod addiction of Hitler, it makes you think that how pepped up minds changed the course of history.

Pharmacological perspective of the Nazis

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