Blitzed : drugs in Nazi Germany / Norman Ohler ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.

[London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2016.©2016

Ohler, Norman. author.

Whiteside, Shaun. translator.

01-01-2016

360 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

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Germany

Nazism

Pharmaceuticals abuse

World War 2

History

Overseas item

Drugs -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.

Pharmaceutical industry -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.

Nazis -- Drug use.

Nazis.

Drugs of abuse -- Germany.

Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Drug use.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's gripping bestseller 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."

1.Methamphetamine, the Volksdroge (1933-1938) -- 2.Sieg High! (1939-1941) -- 3.High Hitler: Patient A and His Personal Physician (1941-1944) -- 4.The Wonder Drug (1944-1945).

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