Curious Worldview 142: Norman Ohler | Blitzed - Meth, Nazi's & Hitler In WWII
Jun 20, 2023
55:11
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Norman Ohler is a German screenwriter, author and journalist.
Norman is most widely known as the author of Blitzed, an incredible book that documents the role of Pervatin (methamphetamine) and drugs during Nazi Germany and WWII.
In this podcast with Norman, you can expect to hear about…
- The moment of serendipity that lead to writing blitzed in the first place.
- A bit about the crazy debauchery of Berlin pre WWII.
- A brief history on drug synthesis including heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and even Aspirin.
- The prevalence of meth in the nazi army and as well Hitlers codependency on his doctor.
- Norman addresses some of the criticism of the book.
- + as well he speaks about what the overall lesson is he hopes people take away from reading the book.
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