World War II history buffs, this one's for you. In this episode, Harini tells the story of the war wonder drug, "Pervitin" that every Nazi soldier took religiously during the war. However, it wasn't only the soldiers that dabbled in the drugs. The Fuhrer himself was hooked on this upper at the discretion of his doctor. Some say the doctor was slowly poisoning him, some say he was just doing his job...
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- Valkyrie (film 2008)
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Episode Sources:
- Image 1: Nazi army fueled by methamphetamine pills branded as “Pervitin” during WWII (via PBS)
- Image 2: The Third Reich kept its soldiers and pilots awake & alert with Pervitin (via The Atlantic)
- https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/pilots-salt-the-third-reich-kept-its-soldiers-alert-with-meth/276429/
- https://time.com/5752114/nazi-military-drugs/
- https://thesecuritydistillery.org/all-articles/pervitin-how-drugs-transformed-warfare-in-1939-45
- https://allthatsinteresting.com/pervitin-nazi-drugs
- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/25/blitzed-norman-ohler-adolf-hitler-nazi-drug-abuse-interview
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04/07/21 • 56 min
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