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Blitzed
- Drugs in Nazi Germany
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
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.
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"Extremely interesting...a serious piece of scholarship, very well researched." (Ian Kershaw)
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-07-18
High Hitler
Really enjoyed this. Well researched, a different insight into the third reich punctuated with dry whit.
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- Richard Reveley
- 08-08-18
Nice short fun story
I enjoyed this a lot. It was a very short book and the vivid descriptions of Hitler's final days were fun but it still managed to drag on a bit in the 3rd quarter. like, I get it, Hitler was on drugs. No need to belabour the point. Also you really wonder if this is more historical fiction than fact but it's a unique and interesting perspective I hadn't heard before so I recommend it.
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- Carla
- 02-04-24
Very interesting
Didn’t know that there was so much drug use in the reich. A very good read
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- Thunderzip
- 29-05-20
Brilliant
Whoever said that drugs were a 1960's phenomenon were very wrong. This book gives an insight into just how they were very much a part of the Nazis culture. Amazing revelations in this book, I found it hard to stop listening and finished it in a few days
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- Rafael D'Alo
- 12-09-19
great book
Very compelling and insightful account of one of the cruelest crimes ever committed in human history, seen through the medical records of drug addicted psychopaths who posed as moralists hidden behind army uniforms and hateful rhetoric.
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- Alex
- 27-08-20
Fantastic insight
Such a well told, we researched and in depth description of the drugs employed by the Nazi regime
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- david
- 06-01-20
A missing piece in the jigsaw of the third reich
A few month ago I read - the rise and fall of the third reich and I couldn’t get my head around Hitler and the Nazi’s behaviours in their downfall. This book plugs that gap, the missing piece of the jigsaw - Hitler was conserved by cocktails of drugs that kept in an euphoric state, allowing him to spout outrageous rhetoric.
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- Mitty
- 09-11-20
Very Interesting...
I had never really considered the affect drugs had on the war, although it has come up in a few WW2 books I have listened to.
It kind of makes sense of some of the strange calls Hitler made as the war progressed and had a fair bit of information on the actual drugs that were used and how they originated.
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- Dropshort2000
- 13-10-19
Truth is stranger than fiction
if this book is true and there's no reason to disbelieve it, it provides a new perspective on Hitler's failings as a leader. A must read.
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- Jack
- 07-10-19
Insightful lesser known story of evil
A well told story of the most evil period in world history- I was initially sceptical that drugs played a significant part in the Nazi ranks. But, through well researched evidence this story really is gripping and adds another chilling chapter the Nazis. Beautifully narrated.
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