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Drug use. The answer to fanatical behavior of Nazi's?
Nazi leadership wanted improved methods to boost the morale of their soldiers. Experiment D-IX was conducted in November of 1944. D-IX was the new Nazi drug promising to turn soldiers into ruthless killing machines. Soldiers were to become robots. The pill is said to have contained 5 milligrams of cocaine, 3 miligrams of pervitine (which I will describe), 5 miligrams of eucodal, and synthetic cocaine. This drug and many others were tested on prisoners of the Sachsenhausan concentration camp. Hitler's chemists reported positive results. The prisoners could be seen walking non-stop and without rest for up to 90 kilometres a day. D-IX was never used by Nazi forces because it failed mass production, but, one can only imagine if this turned out successful!
Although this drug was never successful, others were. Pervitine was heavily used by the Nazi regime. Tactically, the Germans executed their Blitzkreig tactics with speed and aggression. We see this early in the war when Nazi forces demolished both Poland and France in a matter of weeks. Not only were SS divisions and the Wermacht driven by Hitler's propaganda, but there is also some evidence to suggest that the men used Pervitine. Pervitine gave a soldier "superhuman" abilities and extreme alertness. I would suggest that both drugs and the brainwashing of Hitler's ideologies, gave soldiers (especially SS men) the fanatical drive to pillage and destroy the opposition. Fueled by hatred, the SS men, like no other, believed in a world where their Aryan race would be celebrated. Anyone opposed to this plan was terminated.
Pervitine (a form of methamphetamine) was first introduced into the market in 1938 and was created by Temmler pharmaceutical company based in Berlin. Pervitine was said to remove feelings of hunger, thirst, stress, and fatigue. Instead, men became fearless "supersoldiers" with the desire to fight.
Before you knew it, Pervitine was used by almost all the soldiers of the Wermacht and SS. Many doctors recommended the use of one to two tablets to combat sleepiness. However, after Nazi leadership saw it's extreme effectiveness, many soldiers were somewhat encouraged to take more. If a soldier requested for more, it was not usually questioned. Therefore, overdose was a common occurrence.
In one case, a group of 500 German soldiers were surrounded by the Red Army. It was January of 1942 and the temperature was minus 30 degrees celcius. Soldiers were extremely sleep deprived. Commanding officers ordered all men to take Pervitine. After a half-hour, all men were seen getting back to their feet. They were more alert and their energy levels reached above-average levels.
Looking at this evidence, we can only imagine what the beginning of the war brought! Most men felt healthy and vibrant at the beginning of the war and their spirits were driven by Hitler's propaganda. One could argue, that this fantatical behavior was displayed mostly at the beginning of the war. The men not only had high hopes in their leader but they were also fueled by a drug that made them superhuman! Men filled with anger and revenge, turned into animals!
Although this drug was never successful, others were. Pervitine was heavily used by the Nazi regime. Tactically, the Germans executed their Blitzkreig tactics with speed and aggression. We see this early in the war when Nazi forces demolished both Poland and France in a matter of weeks. Not only were SS divisions and the Wermacht driven by Hitler's propaganda, but there is also some evidence to suggest that the men used Pervitine. Pervitine gave a soldier "superhuman" abilities and extreme alertness. I would suggest that both drugs and the brainwashing of Hitler's ideologies, gave soldiers (especially SS men) the fanatical drive to pillage and destroy the opposition. Fueled by hatred, the SS men, like no other, believed in a world where their Aryan race would be celebrated. Anyone opposed to this plan was terminated.
Pervitine (a form of methamphetamine) was first introduced into the market in 1938 and was created by Temmler pharmaceutical company based in Berlin. Pervitine was said to remove feelings of hunger, thirst, stress, and fatigue. Instead, men became fearless "supersoldiers" with the desire to fight.
Before you knew it, Pervitine was used by almost all the soldiers of the Wermacht and SS. Many doctors recommended the use of one to two tablets to combat sleepiness. However, after Nazi leadership saw it's extreme effectiveness, many soldiers were somewhat encouraged to take more. If a soldier requested for more, it was not usually questioned. Therefore, overdose was a common occurrence.
In one case, a group of 500 German soldiers were surrounded by the Red Army. It was January of 1942 and the temperature was minus 30 degrees celcius. Soldiers were extremely sleep deprived. Commanding officers ordered all men to take Pervitine. After a half-hour, all men were seen getting back to their feet. They were more alert and their energy levels reached above-average levels.
Looking at this evidence, we can only imagine what the beginning of the war brought! Most men felt healthy and vibrant at the beginning of the war and their spirits were driven by Hitler's propaganda. One could argue, that this fantatical behavior was displayed mostly at the beginning of the war. The men not only had high hopes in their leader but they were also fueled by a drug that made them superhuman! Men filled with anger and revenge, turned into animals!
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