The Resource Blitzed : drugs in the Third Reich, Norman Ohler ; translated by Shaun Whiteside
Blitzed : drugs in the Third Reich, Norman Ohler ; translated by Shaun Whiteside
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- Summary
- "The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs. On the eve of World War II, Germany was a pharmaceutical powerhouse, and companies such as Merck and Bayer cooked up cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, to be consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives to millions of German soldiers. In fact, troops regularly took rations of a form of crystal meth--the elevated energy and feelings of invincibility associated with the high even help to explain certain German military victories. Drugs seeped all the way up to the Nazi high command and, especially, to Hitler himself. Over the course of the war, Hitler became increasingly dependent on injections of a cocktail of drugs--including a form of heroin--administered by his personal doctor. While drugs alone cannot explain the Nazis' toxic racial theories or the events of World War II, Ohler's investigation makes an overwhelming case that, if drugs are not taken into account, our understanding of the Third Reich is fundamentally incomplete"--Provided by publisher
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 292 pages
- Note
- Translated from the German
- Contents
-
- Methamphetamine, the Volksdroge (1933/1938)
- Sieg high! (1939/1941)
- High Hitler: Patient A and his personal physician (1941/1944)
- The wonder drug (1944/1945)
- Acknowledgments
- Isbn
- 9781328663795
- Label
- Blitzed : drugs in the Third Reich
- Title
- Blitzed
- Title remainder
- drugs in the Third Reich
- Statement of responsibility
- Norman Ohler ; translated by Shaun Whiteside
- Subject
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- Drugs -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany
- Soldiers -- Drug use -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Nazis -- Drug use
- Pharmaceutical industry -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Military -- World War II
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Drug use
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- Summary
- "The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs. On the eve of World War II, Germany was a pharmaceutical powerhouse, and companies such as Merck and Bayer cooked up cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, to be consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives to millions of German soldiers. In fact, troops regularly took rations of a form of crystal meth--the elevated energy and feelings of invincibility associated with the high even help to explain certain German military victories. Drugs seeped all the way up to the Nazi high command and, especially, to Hitler himself. Over the course of the war, Hitler became increasingly dependent on injections of a cocktail of drugs--including a form of heroin--administered by his personal doctor. While drugs alone cannot explain the Nazis' toxic racial theories or the events of World War II, Ohler's investigation makes an overwhelming case that, if drugs are not taken into account, our understanding of the Third Reich is fundamentally incomplete"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ohler, Norman
- Dewey number
- 362.29/95094309044
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV5840.G3
- LC item number
- O3513 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Whiteside, Shaun
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hitler, Adolf
- Nazis
- Drugs
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Soldiers
- World War, 1939-1945
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Label
- Blitzed : drugs in the Third Reich, Norman Ohler ; translated by Shaun Whiteside
- Note
- Translated from the German
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Methamphetamine, the Volksdroge (1933/1938) -- Sieg high! (1939/1941) -- High Hitler: Patient A and his personal physician (1941/1944) -- The wonder drug (1944/1945) -- Acknowledgments
- Control code
- 1701732
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 292 pages
- Isbn
- 9781328663795
- Lccn
- 2016056346
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1701732
- (OCoLC)965781501
- Label
- Blitzed : drugs in the Third Reich, Norman Ohler ; translated by Shaun Whiteside
- Note
- Translated from the German
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Methamphetamine, the Volksdroge (1933/1938) -- Sieg high! (1939/1941) -- High Hitler: Patient A and his personal physician (1941/1944) -- The wonder drug (1944/1945) -- Acknowledgments
- Control code
- 1701732
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 292 pages
- Isbn
- 9781328663795
- Lccn
- 2016056346
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1701732
- (OCoLC)965781501
Subject
- Drugs -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany
- HISTORY -- Military -- World War II
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Drug use
- Nazis -- Drug use
- Pharmaceutical industry -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Soldiers -- Drug use -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
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