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[Guevara]

At the end, when he was already hiding in his wet and dark Fuhrerbunker and his beloved Eukodal was no longer available, the dictator was in a frail state. He had lost his teeth, he was drooling and he was hallucinating. Hitler, the man who believed in what he called the “Aryan master race,” had ended up a junkie.

In Der totale Rausch: Drogen im Dritten Reich (The Total Rush: Drugs in the Third Reich), author Norman Ohler attributes the downfall of Hitler to drugs, primarily Eukodal, a preform of heroin. From time to time, the veins of the pure vegetarian also contained the anabolic steroids of pigs. And his “dealer” was none other than his personal doctor, Theodor Morell.

In the book that is shaking up the history of the Third Reich, Ohler explains that several high-ranking Nazis were addicted to opioid drugs, while civilians and frontline soldiers took Pervitin, a pill form of Crystal Meth. Before the Final Battle of World War II, the Nazis were in search of a miracle drug to transform “men into predators,” Ohler writes, quoting Gerhard Orzechowski, a leading pharmacologist of the Navy. According to the book, the Third Reich was a reigning Drug Empire

https://www.guernicamag.com/daily/andrea-maurer-high-hitler/

Pretty interesting new book which points out something many people sort of knew already: the Nazis were high basically all the time, which is somewhat at odds with their crafted image.

 

[War Peaceman]

Yup, though the specifics vary, it is well known that Hitler became seriously addicted to drugs. I've read - and I don't know if this book corroborates this, that after a cancer scare he just went downhill.

Also, drugs as a combat stimulant has a long scary history. Child soldiers cocaine mixed with gunpowder is one that springs to mind.

 

[KDR_11k]

Is "rush" really the proper way to translate "Rausch"?

 

[JadedWriter]

Wait so Hitler was trying to either turn people into cannibals?
SS of the Future:

 

[DrGonzo615]

Who says that drug addicts will never make something of themselves!?

Seriously tho, I thought this was the known reason why the Blitzkrieg was so effective. It was because the soldiers didnt really sleep.

 

[AJLma]

Also, drugs as a combat stimulant has a long scary history. Child soldiers cocaine mixed with gunpowder is one that springs to mind.

Drugs and war go hand in hand. You can go back thousands of years.

 

[Dictator93]

Is "rush" really the proper way to translate "Rausch"?

Not at all. No.

It is missing the fact that rausch (Rauschgift) is connected to another word and implies a whole diffeent sense of meaning. Also, Rausch in the sense of inebreation.

 

[Messypandas]

Say my name

 

[Sulik2]

Lots of the major war crimes on both sides of WWII were perpetrated by soldiers who had been using amphetamenes to stay up for days at a time during battles.

 

[super6646]

Wasn't this already discovered many years ago? The guy was a total druggy, which is why he destroyed his 1000 year reich by his stupid actions. If he had a bit of sanity left in him, he may well have won the second world war.

 

[SilentRacoon]

Drugs basically won World War II, just what they can't do?

 

[Kwixotik]

Let's not act like America hasn't given amphetamines to pilots and such. People use drugs on both sides of any war.

 

[Oberon]

Wasn't this already discovered many years ago? The guy was a total druggy, which is why he destroyed his 1000 year reich by his stupid actions. If he had a bit of sanity left in him, he may well have won the second world war.

Well, only someone really high would try and invade Russia during winter....
Now the question is, on what drugs was Napoleon?

 

[War Peaceman]

Well, only someone really high would try and invade Russia during winter....
Now the question is, on what drugs was Napoleon?

Probably HGH

 

[Minus_Me]

Well, only someone really high would try and invade Russia during winter....
Now the question is, on what drugs was Napoleon?

Both invasions started within two days of each other, both in June. Neither Napoleon or Hitler thought their Russian campaigns would drag on.

The only drug that does that is over inflated ego and underestimating Russian will.

 

[Foffy]

Why did I confuse "Hitler" with "Hillary"?

It was not intentional, I swear! ;_;

 

[StuKen]

Say my name

And we're done.

 

[Maledict]

Given the source is still referring to Hitler as a vegetarian, which has been shown to be a myth multiple times, I'm not entirely sure how much I'd trust it...

 

[tanooki27]

a drug called perviton.

 

[la flama blanca]

Say my name

lmaooo

 

[Apathy]

I thought it was pretty well known. Hell even the allies did it. Airplane pilots were given amphetamines to stay awake on long bombing runs. Like someone said, drugs and war go hand in hand

 

[SpaceWolf]

Say my name

Superb.

 

[Venomgxt]

Say my name

Badass

 

[kyser73]

Yeah, even before modern chemistry various plants & herbs were used to induce berserker states & give fighters longer endurance.

I always thought Hitler was like JFK and loved a speedball tho, not just pharmaceutical heroin.

 

[ThankYouDaletech]

Cocaine Bubblegum sounds like a real hot Ghostface album.

 

[thatdamnmook]

Say my name

Perfection

 

[friday]

I mean, WWII was pretty much over after Germany failed to take Stalingrad. It's also know that when the Russians started to push back west that hitler became severely depressed. I kinda doubt the drugs became a real issue until late 42 or sometime in 43. Germany was done by 42, I think they were just trying to hold onto the conquered territory.

 

[GavinGT]

I heard the CIA introduced heroin to the Aryan communities.

 

[DeathyBoy]

Breaking Berlin.

 

[teruterubozu]

Let's not act like America hasn't given amphetamines to pilots and such. People use drugs on both sides of any war.

Yup. Amphetamines, methamphetamines, barbiturates, opiates, etc. were rampant with both Axis and Allied soldiers. Heck, shabu, or crystal meth, pumped up many Japanese soldiers.

 

[Elitist1945]

Breaking Berlin.