How Hitler Fueled the Nazi Army With Meth
Summary
TLDRThis script delves into the significant yet overlooked role of performance-enhancing drugs in World War II, particularly within the Nazi regime. It details how the German military's use of Pervitin (an early form of methamphetamine) and Isophan allowed them to execute Blitzkrieg tactics with unprecedented speed, contributing to the rapid fall of France. The narrative also explores Hitler's descent into drug addiction under the influence of his physician, Dr. Theodor Morell, whose treatments included a cocktail of drugs that may have influenced Hitler's decision-making and ultimately, the war's outcome.
Takeaways
- 🇫🇷 The French army was stationed in the Ardennes mountains, a typically tranquil holiday destination, to defend against an impending invasion.
- 💣 The soldiers experienced a sudden attack with explosions, mortars, and Luftwaffe bombers, followed by a Blitzkrieg strategy involving fast-moving tanks and infantry.
- 🏴🇧🇪🇳🇱 The Blitzkrieg tactic allowed Germany to swiftly invade and conquer Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France within a month.
- 💊 The German military's rapid movement was partly attributed to the use of performance-enhancing drugs, specifically Pervitin and Isophan, which were methamphetamine-based stimulants.
- 🚫 Initially, the Nazis banned drug use, but later embraced Pervitin after its development by Temmler Pharma and military trials that showed increased alertness and reduced need for sleep.
- 🏍️ Pervitin allowed soldiers to march for extended periods without rest, contributing to the speed and effectiveness of the German advance.
- 🌐 The widespread use of drugs in World War II, including by the Allies, suggests the conflict was significantly shaped by drug use.
- 🇫🇮 Finnish troops also used Pervitin during the Continuation War, with one soldier, Aimo Koivunen, experiencing a remarkable overdose incident.
- 🤒 Hitler's personal physician, Dr. Theodor Morell, administered a variety of drugs to Hitler, leading to a dependency that may have influenced his decision-making and health.
- ☠️ Hitler's drug use, including opioids like Eukodal (oxycodone), likely contributed to his deteriorating health and possibly his final decision to commit suicide.
Q & A
What was the significance of the Ardennes mountains in the defense strategy of the French army?
-The Ardennes mountains were considered a natural line of defense for the French army against the impending German invasion. The mountains were believed to be an obstacle that would slow down any advancing forces, providing the French with a strategic advantage.
What was the Blitzkrieg tactic and how did it contribute to the rapid fall of France?
-The Blitzkrieg tactic was a military strategy that involved a sudden and overwhelming attack using fast-moving tanks and infantry, supported by air power, to quickly capture strategic targets and disorient the enemy. This tactic contributed to the rapid fall of France by allowing the German forces to move through the country with lightning speed, catching the Allies off guard.
What role did performance-enhancing drugs play in the German military strategy during World War II?
-Performance-enhancing drugs, specifically Pervitin and Isophan, played a significant role by allowing German soldiers to march for extended periods without sleep, increasing their endurance and speed. This enabled them to execute the Blitzkrieg strategy more effectively, contributing to the rapid conquest of France and other countries.
How did the use of Pervitin and Isophan by German soldiers affect their performance on the battlefield?
-The use of Pervitin and Isophan, which were forms of methamphetamine, allowed German soldiers to stay awake for up to 50 hours at a time, reducing sensitivity to pain, hunger, and tiredness. This significantly enhanced their performance by enabling them to march and fight without rest, catching the Allies by surprise.
What was the 'stimulant decree' passed by Germany in April 1940, and what was its purpose?
-The 'stimulant decree' was a policy that allowed the distribution of around 35 million tablets of Pervitin and Isophan to front-line soldiers. Its purpose was to enhance the soldiers' physical and mental capabilities, enabling them to fight more effectively and for longer periods without rest.
How did the German pharmaceutical company Temmler Pharma contribute to the war effort?
-Temmler Pharma contributed to the war effort by developing and producing Pervitin, a methamphetamine-based drug that was used to enhance the performance of German soldiers on the battlefield by increasing their alertness, energy, and endurance.
What was the impact of Dr. Theodor Morell's treatments on Adolf Hitler's health and decision-making?
-Dr. Theodor Morell's treatments, which included a variety of drugs and experimental medicines, led to Hitler's drug addiction and deteriorating health. This may have influenced his decision-making, contributing to strategic errors such as the invasion of Russia and the eventual disintegration of the Nazi party's leadership.
What was the role of Eukodal (oxycodone) in Hitler's final days, and how might it have affected his state of mind?
-Eukodal, known today as oxycodone, was an opioid that Dr. Morell administered to Hitler daily in his final days. It provided an initial euphoria followed by a drowsy state, which could have been a temporary escape for Hitler from the harsh reality of the war's outcome. Its addictive nature and withdrawal symptoms may have contributed to Hitler's decision to take his own life.
How did the use of drugs by both the Nazi forces and their leadership influence the course of World War II?
-The use of drugs by the Nazi forces, particularly methamphetamines, increased their initial combat effectiveness and speed, which played a role in the early successes of the Blitzkrieg strategy. The drug use by Nazi leadership, including Hitler, may have influenced their decision-making and contributed to the eventual downfall of the regime.
What are some of the long-term effects of drug use on the Nazi soldiers and leadership during World War II?
-The long-term effects of drug use included physical health deterioration, addiction, and potentially impaired judgment. For the soldiers, this could mean a decline in their ability to fight effectively over time. For the leadership, including Hitler, it could have led to poor strategic decisions and a loss of control over the military and political apparatus.
Outlines
💣 The Ardennes Defense and Blitzkrieg
The paragraph introduces a French infantryman stationed in the Ardennes mountains, traditionally a serene holiday destination turned into a frontline due to war. Despite the soldiers' disbelief in the possibility of war reaching this region, the reality of an invasion unfolds as explosions rock their position. The German military's Blitzkrieg tactic is described, emphasizing its reliance on speed and surprise. The paragraph concludes with a revelation about the role of performance-enhancing drugs, specifically Pervitin and Isophan, in enabling the rapid German advance during the Fall of France.
🏥 The Nazi Regime's Secret Weapon: Pervitin
This section delves into the development and widespread use of Pervitin, a drug that was marketed as a 'wonder drug' for its ability to enhance alertness and energy. The drug's effects were tested by a military doctor, Otto Friedrich Ranke, on university students, revealing significant increases in alertness, confidence, and endurance, with reduced sensitivity to pain and fatigue. Pervitin's role in the German military's Blitzkrieg strategy is highlighted, explaining how it allowed soldiers to march for extended periods without sleep, contributing to the rapid conquest of France and other nations.
🌨️ The Finnish Winter War and Pervitin Overdose
The narrative shifts to the Finnish Winter War, where Finnish troops, exhausted by the harsh conditions and the prolonged conflict with Russia, turned to Pervitin for relief. The paragraph recounts the extraordinary story of Aimo Koivunen, who, in a desperate situation, consumed 30 tablets of Pervitin and experienced a surreal, drug-induced journey across the Finnish wilderness. This anecdote serves to illustrate the profound impact of Pervitin on the capabilities of soldiers and the drug's potential to alter the course of military engagements.
💉 Hitler's Dependency on Dr. Morell's Drugs
The final paragraph explores Adolf Hitler's deep involvement with drugs, managed by his personal physician, Dr. Theodor Morell. It details how Morell's initial success in treating Hitler's stomach pains led to a dependency on a variety of substances, including vitamins, probiotics, and eventually more dangerous drugs like heroin and methamphetamines. The paragraph discusses the impact of these drugs on Hitler's health and decision-making, suggesting that his drug use may have influenced critical strategic errors and contributed to the downfall of the Nazi regime.
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Keywords
💡Ardennes mountains
💡Blitzkrieg
💡Pervitin
💡Luftwaffe
💡Stimulant decree
💡Methamphetamine
💡Dr. Theodor Morell
💡Oxycodone
💡Drug addiction
💡World War II
Highlights
The Ardennes mountains, typically a tranquil holiday destination, became a critical defense line against invasion during World War II.
French soldiers were stationed in an abandoned farmhouse, unprepared for the rapid German advance.
Rumors of a German invasion through Luxemburg, Belgium, and the Netherlands raised alarm among French troops.
The German Blitzkrieg tactic relied on speed and surprise, overwhelming enemies with a rapid assault.
German soldiers' ability to march for days without sleep was unprecedented and caught the Allies off guard.
The German military's rapid movement was partly attributed to the use of drugs like Pervitin and Isophan.
Pervitin, a form of methamphetamine, was widely distributed to German soldiers, enhancing their endurance and performance.
The drug-fueled Nazi troops played a significant role in the swift invasion of France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands.
Allied forces also used amphetamines and morphine during WWII to combat fatigue and manage pain.
A Finnish soldier's extreme Pervitin overdose led to a remarkable account of survival and hallucinations on the battlefield.
Dr. Theodor Morell's role as Hitler's personal physician introduced a range of drugs, including experimental and toxic substances, into Hitler's regimen.
Hitler's health deteriorated due to long-term drug use, which may have influenced his decision-making and the war's outcome.
The drug-induced euphoria and subsequent withdrawal could have contributed to Hitler's final decision to end his life.
The widespread use of drugs within the Nazi regime, from the military to Hitler himself, had a profound impact on World War II.
The narrative suggests that without the use of drugs, the course of World War II and Hitler's fate could have been different.
Transcripts
You’re an infantryman in the French army, standing in a long line of sweating soldiers at the foot of
the Ardennes mountains. It’s usually one of the most beautiful and tranquil holiday destinations
in Europe, but now the mountains are your best line of defense against the impending invasion.
You’ve been sent here to defend from an abandoned farmhouse near the edge of a forest,
and your fellow soldiers can’t imagine any kind of war ever making it to this
part of the world. Still, you can’t help but shake the feeling that something is coming.
You’ve heard whispers about things going poorly in the north. Luxemburg, Belgium,
and the Netherlands. The rumor is that Nazis are already swarming across the
borders. But all three countries stand between Hitler and northern France.
No reason to panic now. It will take the Nazis days and days of marching to even come close to-
An explosion blows apart the farmhouse next to you. Then, another hits the supply tent behind
you, throwing you into the dirt. Ears ringing, you look up to the sky and see mortars hurtling in
your direction. Grabbing your rifle, you sprint for cover as the dull drone of the Luftwaffe
swells overhead. Bombers appear from between the mountains and make a beeline straight for
you. Trembling behind a wall, you poke your head out to scan the horizon and feel your heart sink.
Then you see them: tanks. They’re not just trundling forwards; they’re racing along, going at
almost full speed, knocking down tree trunks and tearing chunks out of the earth with their treads.
That can’t be.
A wave of soldiers, rifles raised, fill the woods, sprinting down the side of the mountain. You’d
heard talk of the Blitzkrieg, but nothing could have prepared you for this. How had they been able
to strike so soon? There was no way they could have traversed the Ardennes that quickly. Only
an army that literally never slept could have made it here so quickly. How had they done it?
The Fall of France has to be one of the most remarkable events in military history. In just six
weeks, the nation went from having a capable army prepared for a German invasion to waving the white
flag. However, one key aspect of this defeat has been overlooked for decades, and it surprisingly
involves performance-enhancing drugs. No, we’re not talking about sketchy ways to improve your
workout; we’re talking about turning a country’s soldiers into literal killing machine zombies.
World War II may well be the largest event in human history to be directly and
significantly shaped by drug use. Evidence uncovered from Hitler’s personal physician
has shone a new light on just how rampant drug use was throughout the Third Reich,
from the bottom all the way to the top.
In April 1940, just a matter of days before the Battle of France flared into life,
Germany passed a so-called ‘stimulant decree.’ Soldiers on the front lines were
immediately sent around 35 million tablets of two drugs called Pervitin and Isophan.
We’ll get to exactly what those were in a second. Soldiers taking these
little pills then swarmed across the borders into Luxemburg, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France.
To this day, Germany’s Blitzkrieg tactic is still infamous. The idea is simple. You pick
a key strategic target and strike it suddenly with as much force as you can, as quickly as you can.
The goal is to totally overwhelm and disorientate. You’d often start with bombardments from mortars
and aircraft to do maximum damage right away and cut off supply lines and retreat routes, then send
in fast-moving tanks and infantry to surround the site in a ‘Kessel,’ the German word for cauldron.
You don’t let off the heat in that cauldron until your opponent is defeated or surrenders.
This has long been taught as the key reason why Germany was able to sweep through four
countries so quickly. The fact that France fell in just over a month shocked the entire world,
even a number of senior Nazi officials who had raised concerns about the offensive
strategy. Blitzkrieg relies on speed, catching your enemy off guard and moving
faster than anyone expects you to. And boy, did the German military move fast.
Part of the reason they were able to do this was due to Pervitin and Isophan.
In the early 1930s, when the Nazis took power in Germany,
they were quick to ban drug use. Hitler’s vision for a perfect Aryan society in the early days of
his political career was drug-free. Humans were to be strong through superior genetics,
and keeping your body clean and pure was a big part of this. No contaminants.
But in 1938, things started to change. A German pharmaceutical giant called Temmler
Pharma developed a new pill called Pervitin. It was marketed as a kind of wonder drug. It
promised to kick-start alertness and keep you focused and energized for hours on end—think
caffeine but way more potent. The drug took off, being sold over the counter and entering the
daily lives of Germans across the country. Temmler steadily ramped up production to meet the demand.
Curious about this new wonder drug, a military doctor named Otto Friedrich Ranke
decided to run some tests on it. He gathered 90 university students and gave them regular
doses of the drug to study its effects. Everything he saw looked remarkably promising.
Increased alertness, boost in self-confidence, heightened concentration, bravery when taking
risks, the ability to stay up all through the night, reducing sensitivity to pain,
hunger, and tiredness. This drug could win them the war.
The boom of Pervitin in Germany made it easy to sell to the military higher-ups.
Civilians throughout the country were using it to stay awake during night shifts or help
boost their performance at work. A number of recreational drug users had taken to it as well,
but that didn’t quite line up with the Nazi’s ideals.
Fast forward to the Battle of France and you see Pervitin and the virtually identical Isophan in
action, particularly in the Ardennes mountains. Traditionally, that kind of terrain would have
taken days for the soldiers to travel through. They’d march all day, then sleep all night,
moving slowly. Amped up on Pervitin, the soldiers were able to march not just all day and all night
but the same the next day and night. Soldiers would go for 50 hours at a time without sleep.
That kind of endurance was unheard of on the battlefield and caught the Allies flat-footed.
With Pervitin in their arsenal, the Nazis weren’t just able to move across the border
quickly; they could move all the way through France with lightning speed.
We should also call Pervitin by the name we have for it today:
meth. Pervitin was a form of methamphetamine in pill form with basically the same chemical
composition as the modern-day crystal meth that many across the US are addicted to.
Without taking meth, the Nazis would not have been able to invade France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and the
Netherlands as quickly as they did. Their pilots in the Luftwaffe would have needed more rest,
or risked being been tired during night raids, and could not be in the air for as many hours as they
were without being shot down. Men on the ground would not have marched the kinds of distances they
marched without the meth keeping them awake and dulling the exhaustion in their bodies.
Who knows what World War II would have played out had it not been for that little
pill? Would the Blitzkrieg strategy have failed in key locations if they’d moved
too slowly? Would France and Britain have had time to adapt, regroup, and push back?
But it wasn’t just the Nazi’s taking drugs during World War II. Allied forces frequently
took amphetamines (speed) to fight off fatigue in the middle of the war. Morphine was handed out in
small vials to most soldiers on the battlefield to use as a painkiller should they be shot or
injured. Not all soldiers will have waited for those conditions to partake in the drug.
And then, of course, there is one of the internet’s favorite stories,
and where else could it come from but one of the internet’s favorite countries? Finland.
We’re going to fast forward a few years to 1944 for this one. Finland had been
at war with Russia for around four years, into the Winter War and the Continuation
War. It had been absolutely brutal. Arctic conditions, dense forests, sprawling lakes,
not enough food to go around, and a border so large that neither army could adequately cover
all of it. The soldiers, especially on the Finnish side, were exhausted.
Defending such a small country from an invading force as colossal as Russia’s
had taken all that Finland had. The men had been away from their homes for years,
embedded deep in the Arctic circle,
enduring some of the harshest winters you could imagine. Frostbite wasn’t just an idle threat;
it was a daily struggle. Just existing here was life or death, even without fighting a war.
As a result, the Finnish troops had taken to a fun new drug that was being shipped to
them from their German allies: Pervitin. When they had a dose of that, suddenly,
the war felt a bit more manageable. It’s up here in these conditions
that we find the first recorded case of an overdose on the battlefield.
Aimo Koivunen didn’t much like Pervitin. He avoided taking it for the most part,
not liking how it made him feel, but his situation had grown desperate.
On a ski patrol mission, he and his squad had been
ambushed by Russian troops. They’d managed to escape on their skis,
but only just. The enemy was right on their tail. It was up to him to carve a way through
the snow for the rest of his men to follow, but being first in line was exhausting work.
Then he remembered the bottle of Pervitin in his pocket. Taking it out, he counted thirty tablets
in there. Enough for everyone in his squad, but for whatever reason, Koivunen decided
he’d just have them himself. So he swallowed all 30 pills in one go. What could go wrong?
He pushed on skiing with an enormous burst of energy, carving through the snow like
it was nothing as the waves of euphoria washed over his body. Then he blacked out.
Only he didn’t black out like a normal person would. He blacked out and kept skiing. Mile
after mile after mile, he skied whilst completely unconscious until eventually
he woke up in a ditch totally alone. Cut off from the rest of his squad he had got himself lost in
the Finnish wilderness whilst on the craziest drug trip maybe anyone has ever experienced.
Tripping out of his mind, he pushed on skiing in all different directions. At one point,
he ran into a Russian patrol and had to escape. At another point, he went over a landmine and
blew himself up, somehow surviving. Only after days had passed his body’s signals
overtook the appetite-suppressing side of the Pervitin and screamed at him to
eat something. So he chewed some pine buds before catching a bird and eating it raw.
When he finally wound up in a hospital,
days after the overdose, he had traveled over 250 miles, weighed just 94 pounds,
and had a resting heart rate of 200. And somehow, he lived to the ripe old age of 71.
That’s probably the most extreme example of Pervitin use we have from WWII,
but if you take 1/30 (1 thirtieth) of that energy and give it to every soldier on the battlefield,
you can see how the Nazis were able to initially overwhelm the Allies
despite having 1 million fewer soldiers and much older weaponry.
But like we said at the start of the video, this rampant drug use was present throughout Hitler’s
entire regime from the bottom all the way to the top. It wasn’t just the Pervitin on the
ground that shaped World War II; it was also the drugs-addling the minds of the Nazi leadership.
The ‘drugs free’ ideology that was present at the start of the Nazi regime crumbled more
and more as the war went on. There is one man in particular who we can study to track this change,
why it happened, and what effect it had not just on the Nazi party but on Adolf Hitler
himself. While most people would not know his name, he played an incredibly pivotal role
in World War II and ultimately in Hitler’s downfall. This man was Dr. Theodor Morell.
Morell was born to a relatively unremarkable family in rural Germany. His family were not
wealthy but he worked hard and eventually qualified as a physician. He served in
the First World War as a medic in various capacities before returning to Germany to
start his career in earnest. Morell was a social climber and a good one at that.
He managed to snag a wealthy actress as his wife and used her fortunes to open up a high-class
medical practice in Berlin. As the Nazi party began their rise to power, he saw the changing
tides and knew he wanted to be on that ship. He networked his way in and managed to get Hitler’s
personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann, as a client. Hoffmann had a nasty health scare but
pulled through thanks to Morell, something that he raved about to none other than Adolf Hitler.
And with that, Morell had burrowed his way into the pocket of one of the most notorious human
beings ever to have lived. Hitler was having acute stomach pains that no one had been able
to help him with so far. Morell, always keen to be at the forefront of medical technology,
suggested a different approach to cure him. He decided to give Hitler a combination of vitamins
and a probiotic strain of the E. coli bacteria. It worked, and from then on, Hitler would swear
by Morell’s medicine, welcoming any new and exciting concoction that the doctor could devise.
And so began Hitler’s descent into drug addiction, an addiction that would cripple
his health and ultimately contribute to his army losing the war and him losing his life.
Morell wasn’t just Hitler’s physician. Most of us go to a doctor when we feel unwell and then
hopefully don’t see them for months or years at a time until something else goes wrong. Not so with
Hitler. Morell was welcomed into Hitler’s inner circle and became a vital part of his daily life.
It wasn’t just Hitler who employed the man’s services. A number of other senior
Nazi officers got hooked on various different drugs following Hitler’s example. Goring,
for example, earned the nickname Moring for his love of morphine.
Many of the others in Hitler’s inner circle,
however, turned their noses up at the doctor. They saw him as a social parasite,
were skeptical of miracle drug concoctions, and even hated his body odor. Hitler told
them flatly that he employed Morell for his medicine, not for his bodily hygiene.
What is most interesting about Dr Morell is that he kept detailed notes of how he
treated Adolf Hitler over the years. Looking through his records he can
find an accurate and horrifying account of exactly how drug-addled the Fuhrer truly was.
From these records, we can find a list of around 74 different substances that
Morell administered to Hitler over the years in various combinations. Many are innocent vitamins,
while others are off-the-shelf remedies you could find in any pharmacy. The most
scary are the mixtures he created himself. ‘Experimental medicine’ is putting it mildly.
A number of the chemicals on the list are considered to be toxic to humans,
with a number of poisonous substances in there. There are also hard drugs
like heroin and methamphetamines. At its worst, Morell was injecting Hitler
with drugs around 20 times a day. Hitler wasn’t just taking a few multivitamins in the morning;
he was likely spending a large amount of the war under the effect of psychoactive drugs.
Hitler’s health, of course, deteriorated over the course of the war. In 1944,
he developed jaundice. When outside doctors came in to examine Hitler and the drugs he was taking,
they found that Morell had been giving him large quantities of strychnine,
which was directly causing jaundice. Hitler flew into a rage when the doctors told him this,
refusing to believe that Morell could be wrong. Ironically, the more Hitler’s health fell apart,
the more he relied on the very drugs that were causing it.
When he was on Morell’s drugs, Hitler felt like a superhuman. But really,
he was just feeling the euphoria of a chemical high. When the drugs would wear off, he’d feel
terrible as all of the harmful effects of the concoctions would catch up with him. Therefore,
in his mind, the drugs were the thing holding him together instead of tearing him apart.
Two of the key reasons behind Germany losing World War II were that they invaded Russia,
opening up a second front line and stretching themselves too thin,
and the fact that they lacked real leadership by the end of the
war. Hitler’s rampant drug use could have arguably influenced both of these things.
Hitler was infamously paranoid. While likely being largely because he was a mass murdering
fascist dictator with enemies and spies all around him was the main cause, his paranoia
was also likely warped and exaggerated by the drugs he was taking. While Hitler’s initial
plans at the start of the war proved to be very effective with his swift invasion of France,
he became increasingly irrational and deranged as the war went on. Terrified of the Russian threat,
he made the decision to go ahead with Operation Barbarossa and invade Russia, a decision
which proved to be disastrous. Did the drugs heighten his paranoia and impair his judgment?
He then also retreated into himself. Once a charismatic leader, always hosting rallies
and positioning himself as a man of the people, Hitler became ever more detached
as the days went on. Without him as the figurehead, the Nazi party fractured,
with members fighting each other for power. With no one person in charge,
the Nazis floundered in the latter stages of the war and crumbled completely. Was
this because of Hitler’s declining physical and mental health from years of drug abuse?
During this final stage of the war, Hitler confined himself to his Fuhrerbunker in the
garden of the Reich Chancellery, with only a limited number of people allowed to stay with
him while his country fell apart around him. One of those men, of course, was Dr Morell.
During this part of the war, Hitler was now taking another new drug. Morell was injecting it into
his arm daily. A drug called Eukodal, which we know today as oxycodone. Oxycodone is an opioid.
It gives you this initial rush of euphoria before settling you into a prolonged, drowsy
state where your body and brain function much slower than normal. For a panicked man, on the
verge of losing a war, this drug must have been a lifeline for Hitler. Giving him the thrill to
keep him going before dulling the reality of his situation for hours. It is also highly addictive.
As Germany crumbled, so did the supply of drugs. The Temmler Pharma factory had
been bombed. The economy had completely collapsed. Manufacturing of drugs had all
but stopped completely. Those 20 injections dried up. In 1945, Hitler sent Morell away
with a number of others, leaving just a small contingent with him in the bunker.
When Hitler ended himself, it is believed that he did so at the height of opioid withdrawals.
Out of any class of drug in the world, opioids are the most notorious for having extremely
painful withdrawal periods. Symptoms include dysphoria, insomnia, fever, nausea, diarrhea,
and feeling like you’ve got the flu. The cravings are all-consuming. Add to this
Hitler’s numerous health conditions, many of which were brought on by years
of drug use. These include irritable bowel syndrome, skin lesions, cardiac dysrhythmia,
coronary arterial disease, syphilis, borderline personality disorder, and Parkinson's disease.
He would have suddenly had to deal with the cold hard reality of all of these
conditions sober for the first time in years, without the euphoric relief of
psychoactive drugs to shield him. Then, of course, there are the Allied armies
surrounding his position who will make life hell for him when they find him.
And so Hitler did the job for them,
using a cyanide pill given to him by none other than Dr Morell.
Hitler was not the person he was because of drugs. He wrote Mein Kampf years before
meeting Dr Morell. He outlined the Final Solution sober and radicalized
Germany without the need for hard drugs. His decisions, under the influence or otherwise,
were all his own. The drugs may have exaggerated his view of the world further,
increased his paranoia, and ruined his physical health, but they did not make him the man he was.
But you cannot deny that without drugs - without the meth fuelling the Nazi troops
or the poisonous cocktails shooting into Hitler’s arm on a daily basis,
bringing on his early death - World War II would have played out very differently.
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