Nazi Junkies (2018)

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Inspired by Norman Ohler’s revelatory book, Blitzed: Drugs In The Third Reich, the two-part miniseries (52 minutes each part) NAZI JUNKIES reveals how both Hitler and Nazi Germany were heavily addicted to drugs. The recently unearthed journals of Hitler’s personal doctor, Théodore Morell, suggest that the Führer was a full-fledged addict, taking an assortment of drugs including cocaine, opiates, steroids. Meanwhile, the entire nation of Germany was binging on speed. This was most prevalent on the battlefield, where the drug was systematically distributed to soldiers in order to transform the military ranks into seemingly unstoppable fighting machines.

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00:12Was Hitler a junkie?

00:15That's what some are claiming today.

00:17Historians and researchers are asking the question.

00:21Cocaine, opiates, steroids.

00:24Did Hitler have a habit?

00:27The story we're about to tell you isn't one you'll hear from classical historians.

00:33The story we're about to tell you is one of a Hitler drugged up to the eyeballs,

00:38his arms disfigured by the daily shots.

00:43We went looking for traces of this addiction.

00:47We explored the archives.

00:50We interrogated historians, Second World War specialists, scientists.

00:57We went as far as Moscow, where we were able to examine Hitler's skull,

01:01preserved in Russian Federation archives.

01:06Maybe toxicological tests could provide scientific proof that Hitler was an addict.

01:14This is the story of those investigations.

01:17An investigation into one man's sickness and his ravages upon history.

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