How Did Hitler Use Drugs In Ww2

As the power of the Nazis rose, so did their desire to be perceived as super human. Hitler portrayed himself as a tireless workaholic that only wanted German greatness. He built a society that excelled in athletics, academics, wholesomeness, virtuous, and above all, military might. Germany’s military was limited by the Treaty of Versailles. To expand the borders and to project the perceived superhuman mystique of Germans, Hitler needed an edge, and he found it the form of performance enhancing drugs. And the drug of choice was pervitin, something that was available to the Germans public since the late 1930’s. Germans in all facets of life consumed drugs such as pervitin on daily basis, it became the German wonder drug.
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It was not officially or scientifically deployed, only at the individual discretion of a commander, medical officer, or individual soldier. However, reports from officers were positive, no ill side effect. Alert and refreshed after three days. Reports from the advance into Poland was such as: “I’m convinced that in big pushes, where the last drop has to be squeezed from a team, a unit supplied with pervitin is superior”. Reports from senior staff medic that many transportation accidents could have been avoided with pervitin. Ranke appears to be against using pervitin, but the Wehrmacht promptly dismissed Ranke’s warning about soldiers looking sunken cheek, grey and ill after using pervitin. Despite his personal objection, he supports the Wehrmacht’s use of pervitin and trains the medical officers on its use. The Wehrmacht wanted to put this wonder drug to a real …show more content…
Morrel kept him on a very strong regimen of vitamins of his on mixture. In the fall of 1941, Hitler falls sick. This was a point in the war turned difficult for Germany in 1941 against Russia, Morrel treats him with the first opiate and hormone injection. Hitler, who was suffering from high fever immediately started to feel better and was able to meet with his generals and for important conduct a war operation brief. After that, Hitler insisted on such injections regularly. He felt he needed to be in the best shape possible, and to be able to think clearly while he is conducting war. (citation) From the fall of 1941 until the winter of 1944, according to Morrel’s records Patient A received an increasing strong dosages. In 1943, the heavy opiate stage