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History 101: Book review: Blitzed - Drugs in Nazi Germany By Norman Ohler Part Three In my last part of my book review on Blitzed I will be giving my opinions on the third element of the book: Hitler's personal physician/doctor. Theodor Morell: "Short and fat" M any people, Historians or not, would probably struggle to name who Hitler's personal doctor was and most importantly what impact he had on Hitler's life. Theodor Morell, Born in July 1886, plays a pivotal role in Hitler's later life and is, in my opinion, the protagonist in Ohler's Blitzed. Through the swaying narrative of Germany and its supposedly abusive relationship with drugs in Blitzed, Morell definitely brings a needed break to the monotonous cry of Germany this and Wehrmacht that. Theodor Morell certainly followed its trends of being drug infused however his story helps to create a different and darker picture of The Third Reich and drugs.   We meet Morell in post-war Nazi Germa...

History 101: Book Review: Blitzed - Drugs in Nazi Germany By Norman Ohler Part 2 Im Back after a Break and today I'm bringing you a more positive, second part, review of Blitzed by Norman Ohler. In this part I will be exploring Pervitin as a branded, popular drug in Nazi Germany. Yes, I know. Maybe I was a little harsh in my last part about the book and its MAJOR flaws but I think it was vital to explain why this book doesn't sit well with me and many other historians. Blitzed also has many intriguing endorsements such as Ian Kershaw; "Very good and extremely interesting- a serious piece of scholarship",who is probably the worlds best Hitler historian. Antony Beevor also commented; "A remarkable scoop, demonstrating that HItler was a far worse junkie than we had even imagined... an eye opener",who is a renown WW2 historian. So therefore I promise in this part of my book review the comments will be somewhat more positive......