Drugs In Het Derde Rijk by Norman Ohler

Drogen im Dritten Reich

A detailed investigative history that argues stimulant and sedative drugs were widespread and instrumental in Nazi Germany’s politics and warfare, tracing how methamphetamines like Pervitin were distributed to soldiers, workers and civilians while Hitler and other leaders relied on a cocktail of prescriptions from his personal physician; the book combines archival research and case studies to show how pharmaceuticals shaped morale, military performance and decision-making, and it raises broader questions about the medicalization of power and the contested role of drugs in sustaining the regime.

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