![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Nazis came to power, don’t forget, claiming the moral high ground over the decadent, drug-fuelled years of Germany’s Weimar Republic, in which actresses sipped cocktails of chloroform and ether, and close to half of Berlin’s doctors were said to be morphine addicts. ![]() The Luftwaffe chief, Hermann Goering, was addicted to morphine, and the Fuhrer himself had massive doses of stimulants injected into him on a daily basis.Īddicted: Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering (above) It has long been known that figures at the top of the Nazi hierarchy were serious drug-takers. Medical officers doled out performance-enhancing, mind-bending tablets by the bucket-load to keep men awake, alert and focused. But if you thought that, then you couldn’t be more wrong.īecause, astonishingly, these descriptions of drug-taking are from soldiers and airmen of Nazi Germany as they invaded and conquered Poland in a lightning-swift attack back in 1939.Īs the tanks, troops and planes swarmed across the border, there was no time for rest. On the surface, this all sounds like a modern scene, a snapshot from a 21st-century rave party or rock concert, where youngsters blow their minds on illegal chemical stimulants. 'Hitler (pictured above) was increasingly pumping himself full of weird substances to keep his flagging health from caving in, all concocted by his personal doctor, Theodor Morell, and injected into the Fuhrer many times a day' ![]()
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