Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
by:
Norman Ohler (author)
Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780241256992 (0241256992)
ASIN: 0241256992
Publish date: 2016-11-22
Publisher: Allen Lane
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
As a reader of nonfiction, I tend to return to the same subjects over and over again: Victorian social histories, the European theater of World War II, war crimes, and weird medical history. These are pretty broad territories, but narrow in the grand scheme of things. What I like about nonfiction in...
Blitzed: A highly informative and gripping read about Nazi Germany and the significance of drugs during World War II. Drugs didnĀ“t fit in the idealogy of the Nazis, but despite banning them, one substance with a highly addictive potential became the drug of the people: methamphetine. The sheer possi...