Although the Nazis presented themselves as opponents of moral degeneration and the decline of bourgeois society, and their leader had established himself as a temperate leader who led an absolutely healthy life, the Third Reich was steeped in drugs.

Drugs such as cocaine, heroin, morphine, and especially methamphetamines, were used by workers and housewives as well as the military, playing a decisive role in the German advance and victory in 1940.

Norman Ohler, after extensive research in German and American archives, reveals the rampant use of drugs even at the highest levels, which negatively affected decision-making. A characteristic case is that of Hitler and his associates, to whom Dr. Morell administered deadly cocktails of substances.

Although drugs alone cannot justify the course of events in World War II or its outcome, the revelation of these facts changes our perception of this dark era.