Blitzed
Drugs in the Third Reich
by Norman Ohler
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Recommended by 3 notable people, including Marc Andreessen and Edgar Wright
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, History, and Nonfiction.
The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's gripping best seller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs: cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth, used by everyone from factory workers to housewives, and crucial to troops; resilience even partly...
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Marc Andreessen
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“@wbuxtonofficial Such a remarkable story. Loved that book | Here are some books that I very much enjoyed while on my press tour and my post tour collapse... | This is one of the craziest books I've ever read; highly recommend.”
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