Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler [English version] [XannyFamily]

"The sensational German bestseller on the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich, from Hitler to housewives. 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."

English language version.

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Extremely interesting book for those interested in history and drug culture. Goes into depth about drug use in Nazi Germany by everyone including the general public as well as the SS and even Adolf Hitler himself. Eukodal (oxycodone) and Pervitin (methamphetamine) were especially prevalent.