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Blitzed : drugs in Nazi Germany / Norman Ohler ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: London : Allen Lane, 2016.Description: 400 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780241256992 (hbk.) :
Uniform titles:
  • Totale Rausch. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.29094309044 23
LOC classification:
  • HV5840.G3
Summary: The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's 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.
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General The Harden Library, King's Hospital Main 362.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 23/05/2024 R15241L0499

Translated from the German.

The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's 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.

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