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High Hitler: how Nazi drug abuse steered the course of history - 1984hasarrived - 09-27-2016 Well, this is an interesting perspective on a well documented piece of history. I now have very different visions of Nazis floating around in my head. Quote:The German writer Norman Ohler lives on the top floor of a 19th-century apartment building on the south bank of the river Spree in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Visiting him there is a vertiginous experience. For one thing, he works – and likes to entertain visitors – in what he calls his “writing tower”, a flimsy-seeming, glass-walled turret perched right on the very edge of the roof. (Look down, if you dare, and you will see his little boat moored far below.) For another, there is the fact that from this vantage point it is possible to discern two Berlins, one thrusting and breezy, the other spectral and grey. To our left, busy with traffic, is the Oberbaum Bridge, where there was once a cold war checkpoint, and beyond it the longest remaining section of the Berlin Wall, its doleful length rudely interrupted by the block of luxury flats that went up in 2013. As for the large building immediately opposite, these days it’s the home of Universal Music. Not so very long ago, however, it was the GDR’s egg storage facility. BLT RE: High Hitler: how Nazi drug abuse steered the course of history - senona - 09-27-2016 Holy cow, who knew? Nice of the historians to leave that little tid bit of info out of the books. Gonna have to reread that again, a lot of interesting info in there! Quote:Pervitin, as it was known, quickly became a sensation, used as a confidence booster and performance enhancer by everyone from secretaries to actors to train drivers (initially, it could be bought without prescription). Ha, one way to get women to do their work......tempt them with spiked chocolate!! RE: High Hitler: how Nazi drug abuse steered the course of history - 1984hasarrived - 09-27-2016 Yeah, the original article is much longer and has loads more detail. Well worth a read, if I do say so myself. |