HITLER'S JUNKIES

September 1, 1939. Hitler launched the German army's offensive in Poland: in less than a month, the country was invaded and totally crushed. A blitzkrieg that the Wehrmacht owes to its tactical and technological superiority, but also to a new substance, a powerful synthetic drug known today as “crystal meth”: Pervitine.

Developed in 1938 by a German laboratory, Pervitine was conceived as a kind of miracle pill, designed to improve the physical performance of soldiers on the front line thanks to its reputed euphoric and energizing effects. But how did it become a weapon of war? Was it really a key element of Nazi domination? And what relationship did Adolf Hitler and other Nazi dignitaries have with the drug?

The discovery in Germany, France and the USA of declassified documents (including Hitler's personal medical file) marks the start of a fascinating investigation into the heart of Project D-IX and methamphetamine - whose mass distribution to Reich soldiers certainly changed the course of history.