00:00 The podcast episode discusses the theory that drugs played a significant role in the rise and fall of the Third Reich, with author Norman Oler's book "Blitz" providing evidence to support this claim.

04:44 The rise of the Nazis and the Holocaust cannot be attributed to drugs, as the earliest executions in the Holocaust occurred in 1933, before the Nazis were on drugs, and the Nazis used the idea of drug use to denounce and target certain groups of people.

09:44 The Nazis came to Germany in the late 1920s and early 1930s with an emphasis on family, home, and church, and as Germany was switching to synthesizing drugs, a firm in Berlin called the Timler Firm synthesized crystal meth into a pill called pervitin, which was initially available over the counter and used by many people in Germany, including housewives.

14:43 The widespread use of pervitin in Germany allowed the country to quickly transition to wartime footing and gave German soldiers the ability to fight for days without sleep, leading to their success in the Blitzkrieg into France.

19:27 The German army and Air Force were heavily reliant on the drug pervitin, which was prescribed to soldiers and led to short-term success but ultimately resulted in sleep deprivation, poor decision making, and negative health effects, contributing to the downfall of the German army.

24:06 Two-thirds of the German army during World War II were suffering from drug-induced psychosis, and German chemists developed a new drug called DIX that was meant to combat the issue but was never widely issued due to its extreme effects.

29:12 Hitler's daily routine involved being injected with a cocktail of up to 90 different drugs, including cocaine, morphine, and bull semen, to alleviate his health issues and maintain his appearance of being fit and active.

34:04 Hitler's deteriorating health and addiction to drugs, including cocaine, morphine, and speed, had a significant impact on his judgment and decision-making during the final days of the war.

38:40 Hitler's physician, Theodore Morel, was not accused of purposefully trying to harm Hitler, but rather was a true believer who turned Hitler into an addict of multiple drugs, ultimately leading to Hitler's downfall and the loss of the Third Reich.

43:22 Hitler's probiotic, Mutaflora, was given to him and apparently worked, but it's probably not a good idea to call it "Hitler's probiotic."