| Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Contributor(s): Ohler, Norman (Author), Whiteside, Shaun (Translator), Bloom, Claire (Director) |
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ISBN: 1504799216 ISBN-13: 9781504799218 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Europe - Germany - Self-help | Substance Abuse & Addictions - Drugs |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 6.7" (0.20 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Germany - Chronological Period - 1930's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs. On the eve of World War II, Germany was a pharmaceutical powerhouse, and companies such as Merck and Bayer cooked up cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, to be consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives to millions of German soldiers. In fact, troops regularly took rations of a form of crystal meth--the elevated energy and feelings of invincibility associated with the high even help to explain certain German military victories.Drugs seeped all the way up to the Nazi high command and, especially, to Hitler himself. Over the course of the war, Hitler became increasingly dependent on injections of a cocktail of drugs--including a form of heroin--administered by his personal doctor. While drugs alone cannot explain the Nazis' toxic racial theories or the events of World War II, Ohler's investigation makes an overwhelming case that, if drugs are not taken into account, our understanding of the Third Reich is fundamentally incomplete. Carefully researched and rivetingly readable, Blitzed throws surprising light on a history that, until now, has remained in the shadows. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ohler, Norman: - Norman Ohler is a longtime journalist whose work has appeared in Der Spiegel, Stern, GEO, and other German publications. He is also the author of three novels, Die Quotenmaschine (the world's first hypertext novel), Mitte, and Stadt des Goldes, as well as two novellas. He was cowriter of the script for Wim Wenders' film Palermo Shooting. He spent five years researching Blitzed in numerous archives across Germany and the United States. Rudnicki, Stefan: -Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than three thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014 and was named one of AudioFile's Golden Voices in 2012. Whiteside, Shaun: -Shaun Whiteside, originally from Northern Ireland, graduated with a first in modern languages from King's College, Cambridge, and translates from German, French, Italian, and Dutch, having previously worked as a business journalist and television producer. His translation of Magdalena the Sinner by Lilian Faschinger won the 1996 Schlegel-Tieck Prize. He is a former chair of the Translators Association and lives in London with his wife and son. Bloom, Claire: -Claire Bloom, CBE, is an English film and stage actress, known for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll's House, and Long Day's Journey into Night, along with nearly sixty films and countless television roles, during a career spanning over six decades. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen's birthday honors for services to drama. |